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kf
on Feb 23, 2008
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An elegant mathematical solution against fluff on ...
PG responded to this thought previously, saying that karma inflation takes care of it.
yters
on Feb 23, 2008
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What is karma inflation?
kf
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Over time karma is worth less, because a popular story will get 20 or 50 or 100 points when it might have only gotten 7 points when this site was just getting started
pchristensen
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Yep. I lurked for about a year and then in the last ~2 months since I registered and started interacting, I've gotten almost 600.
yters
on Feb 24, 2008
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The problem with this is that Hacker News isn't supposed to grow very big.
mightybyte
on Feb 25, 2008
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Bingo. I think that's the key. And therein lies the problem. How does one keep a community small and high-quality without losing diversity.
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