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stuntgoat on Sept 26, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Experiment: No Comment Scores

If you gave me the option to switch karma on/off for submissions and comments, I would likely leave both off.

Leaving karma off somehow gives me confidence to contribute more.

Another idea is to remove the (time 'ago). Good comments are timeless :) and old comments seem like nobody is watching anymore, so the dialog seems over.

Thank you Paul

fauigerzigerk on Sept 26, 2009 [–]

I don't need karma either, but the time of submission is important to know whether the poster is likely to read a reply.

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