A while back I noticed that my HN karma was rising at a rate that would put me on the leaderboard, so I decided to make an effort to submit content and post quality comments just to see if I could crack the top 100. After a few months I did it, and kept rising up to a high of 85 (today I'm #88). Then I realized I was spending way too much time on HN, and how easy it was to fall into this trap of thinking I was doing…
I'm not trying to be #1 but I do feel iike scores on various sites have a negative influence on me.
Added this to my `userContent.css` in firefox to hide my scores and votes
@-moz-document domain(news.ycombinator.com) {
.score { display: none; }
body>center>table>tbody>tr:first-child>td>table>tbody>tr:first-child>td:nth-child(3) {
visibility: hidden;
}
body>center>table>tbody>tr:first-child>td>table>tbody>tr:first-child>td:nth-child(3) a {
visibility: visible;
}
html[op=user]>body>center>table>tbody>tr:nth-child(0n+3)>td:first-child form>table>tbody>tr:nth-child(3) {
display: none;
}
}