Ask HN: Should members receive karma credit for long nested comment threads?

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I've noticed low-karma comments can often trigger long comment discussions. These comments should receive transitive karma. e.g. a comment with 50 sub-comments should receive subcomment-karma-factor X 50.

It could incentivize members who write stimulating yet "less conforming" comments

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Whenever Internet points are used to incentivize behavior besides "you did something someone else thought was worthy of an Internet point" it always has unintended consequences. You can't control how a system is used by offering extra points without fucking it up.

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