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Ask HN: Does anyone else misread the 'time since comment' as karma now?

by kaisdavis on 4/16/11, 5:28 AM with 11 comments

• by solipsist on 4/16/11, 6:32 AM

  Yes, you're not alone. This is one of those short term effects (i.e. withdrawal), although I agree that it has been annoying.

• by X-Istence on 4/16/11, 9:21 AM

  Absolutely. In the longer threads I used to use comment karma as a way to decide if a long post/reply was worth reading or if it wasn't. If the rest of the thread was at 10+ and the long comment was at 2, then I knew I could just skip it.

  I have to filter information, it is no longer possible with the wealth of information to read everything that is written and decide on its merit. The amount of news I take in daily, and process would overwhelm those who start their day with a newspaper and watch the news at 8 at night.

  I hope that pg can reconsider, and add the karma back to the comments, it would definitely help me while reading HN.

• by mambodog on 4/16/11, 8:38 AM

  You'll get used to it. Give it time.

• by WiseWeasel on 4/16/11, 6:25 AM

  No.

• by drivebyacct2 on 4/16/11, 7:08 AM

  I am surprised at how much I miss comment karma being visible. I scoffed at those who said they used it to gauge comments to consider versus skim past, but it turns out, it's exactly what I'd been doing. I guess I hadn't realized the amplification of the comment volume that has happened lately.

• by bhickey on 4/16/11, 9:51 AM

  Posts of this nature contribute nothing but noise on HN. I've flagged this for removal.