We get nice things at 250 and 500 karma. 1000 is a bummer. Nothing happens.
May be give us the ability to change the background color or something?
Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
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#2Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
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#3Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Downvote posts? Not that I would really personally use that, but it seems the logical next step with the other "powers" unlocked at karma milestones.
My concern with any change made is that it would encourage people to try and get a bunch of karma which could have unforeseen effects on the quality of discussion/submissions. I'm sure you'll be taking that into account for any change made, though.
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#4Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Downvote posts? Not that I would really personally use that, but it seems the logical next step with the other "powers" unlocked at karma milestones. My concern with any change made is that it would encourage people to try and get a bunch of karma which could have unforeseen effects on the quality of discussion/submissions. I'm sure you'll be taking that into account for any change made, though.
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#6A nice T-shirt?
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#7Rather than thinking there should be a "nice" thing we get, we should ask, does anything need to be added/changed?
HN already fixed my biggest pet-peeves: collapsable comments and the ability to undo an accidental up/down vote.
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#8Do we really want people chasing karma on here? I'd be tempted to go the other way, and limit the visibility and usefulness of it. I.e., on user profiles just show "between 1-50 karma", "500+ karma".
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#9Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Actually the ability to change the background as already suggested, just like the top, would be great.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#10Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Downvote posts? Not that I would really personally use that, but it seems the logical next step with the other "powers" unlocked at karma milestones. My concern with any change made is that it would encourage people to try and get a bunch of karma which could have unforeseen effects on the quality of discussion/submissions. I'm sure you'll be taking that into account for any change made, though.
Not allowing post downvotes is, IMO, a key factor in what allows HN to be such a great community. Subreddits that allow downvoting, for instance, often see topics that would expand their contributors' horizons "die in New" not because they are against the rules, per say, but because the user who happens to see them first thinks "this isn't my cup of tea." Flagging is the right answer - let people flag flagrant rule violations, but don't let them kill things they find uninteresting. That allows interesting content to rise for everyone.