Show HN Weekend Project: Hacker News Points
HNPoints aims to bring back comment scores to Hacker News through a social opt-in system. Users install the browser extension or bookmarklet provided, and when logged in, are able to see other users' points; it then shares your comment scores with others (but no other personal information). With enough participants, point scores can be inferred for those contributors who choose not to participate.
This project is an experiment based on the support for bringing back comment scores, especially as a preference, in recent discussions, without forcing the decision upon everyone. This project is not meant to provoke holy wars but rather to provide people with the freedom to choose how they use Hacker News. For more info, check out the about page.
The system is in its infancy, so please be prepared for a) bugs and b) lack of comment scores as it gains adoption. It was conceived Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening, and beta tested for Monday and Tuesday with a select group of contributors. It's quite likely that more issues will be uncovered as more people start to use it.
Any feedback is welcome! :)
http://hnpoints.com/