[torginus]

Yeah, SO had many problems, I'd argue most stemming from the points system that:

- Made people treat it like a contest and tried to game it

- Obscure, difficult questions, with obscure, difficult answers barely being valued, while 'How do I make a GET request in node' going gangbusters.

[kldg]

as an aside, the ranking/rating systems are largely why I quit using social media a long time ago and stick to a small chatroom of people I know. it's relatively tolerable here where scores aren't next to posts (and the user base generally tolerant, lets whoever say their piece and move on), but I use following ublock filter to hide the score stuff:

news.ycombinator.com###karma

news.ycombinator.com##.score

news.ycombinator.com##td:has-text(/^karma:$/):upward(tr)

I've thought about removing the graying feature and maybe doing a random sort of replies, but haven't accumulated enough spite yet.

[jimbokun]

I’m addicted to Reddit but confess it’s mostly about saying something clever or funny to get high scores, not necessarily insightful or informative.

Still better than X though.