I have mixed feelings about karma; even without karma, I was finding myself a bit too interested in seeing how many points my comments got. But perhaps other people are better at ignoring gold stars than I am, or perhaps the effects of people attending to others’ responses are net-positive.
I share your weakness for gold stars, however, I’m finding thus far that it has a positive impact on my posting. Thinking before I speak is useful, particular since it means more thinking, more effort to consider other’s knowledge and less chance of getting sidetracked on pointless nitpicking.
I am definitely no better than Anna at ignoring gold stars. I think the situation might be improved if the “top contributors” box wasn’t there on the right margin looking temptingly like a scoreboard.
I have mixed feelings about karma; even without karma, I was finding myself a bit too interested in seeing how many points my comments got. But perhaps other people are better at ignoring gold stars than I am, or perhaps the effects of people attending to others’ responses are net-positive.
I share your weakness for gold stars, however, I’m finding thus far that it has a positive impact on my posting. Thinking before I speak is useful, particular since it means more thinking, more effort to consider other’s knowledge and less chance of getting sidetracked on pointless nitpicking.
I am definitely no better than Anna at ignoring gold stars. I think the situation might be improved if the “top contributors” box wasn’t there on the right margin looking temptingly like a scoreboard.