Comment 1 for bug 37307

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Brad Bollenbach (bradb) wrote : Re: [Bug 37307] Put the karma of each commenter next to its name

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 10:42 +0000, Lionel Dricot wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37307
>
> Affects: malone (upstream)
> Severity: Normal
> Priority: (none set)
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
> Description:
> Displaying karma next to the name of each commenter in a bug or a
> support answer can be a very useful information about the supposed
> accuracy of the answer.
>
> It is done on GNOME bugzilla.
>
> Do we want to do the same on launchpad ?
>
> For new users, would displaying the karma be frightenned to them or, a
> contrario, helping them to see who is who ?

I like this idea in principle, but in practice, our karma system is
still maturing and there's still quite a bit of fluctuation in the
system. Because of these problems, I don't think displaying karma beside
a commenter's name will communicate the intended message.

mpt, what do you think?