I think we can trust HN commenters to produce a contrarian viewpoint for anything thrown their way, unfortunately.
At this point, HN might be better off without karma at all for comments, or just a "flag" like for submissions.
At this point, HN might be better off without karma at all for comments, or just a "flag" like for submissions.
Banning Techcrunch, ExtremeTech (such a terrible website full of dreadful garbage), MotherJones and so many other shitty websites would do more to help HN than any karma modifications.