Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Dark mode.
I know, I know, that's an old one as well. But hey, it would be really really nice.
Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
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Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#12Rather 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.
> does anything need to be added/changed
The background color when reaching 1000 karma, for instance.
Just kidding ;) My post was not meant to be taken 100% seriously. I just thought it might be nice to brainstorm about what could happen at 1000. I agree that pretty much all of the must have features are there already.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#13Rather 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.
> and the ability to undo an accidental up/down vote.
I think you can already do that via the "unvote" href that appears after voting--at least for upvotes; I almost never downvote, so I don't know if the reverse is true. I believe it is, though.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#14What happens at each of these benchmarks?
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#15Anybody want to suggest other possibilities?
Hide all karma scoring from the entire site once a user reaches 1000 karma.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#16Do 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".
We should really do that across the whole site (on comments, for instance, and stories), not just in user profiles.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#17I recently crossed 10k - I don't think anything happens at that point. Above a certain point, I don't think it really matters. The idea is to constrain actions a little bit to ensure quality, not necessarily reward upvotes.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#18Rather 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.
> and the ability to undo an accidental up/down vote. I think you can already do that via the "unvote" href that appears after voting--at least for upvotes; I almost never downvote, so I don't know if the reverse is true. I believe it is, though.
There's an "undown" link that appears after downvoting a comment.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> and the ability to undo an accidental up/down vote. I think you can already do that via the "unvote" href that appears after voting--at least for upvotes; I almost never downvote, so I don't know if the reverse is true. I believe it is, though.
There's an "undown" link that appears after downvoting a comment.
A compromise of English in order to tell you that you downed rather than upped.
Re: Request HN: Something nice for reaching 1000 karma
#20Do 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".
The purpose of karma is to be chased, it's supposed to be addictive.
The utility of it as a means of operant conditioning and positive behavioral reinforcement can be debated (personally, I wish it would be done away with) but chasing karma is already a part of the site.