I would also be interested in seeing a ranking in terms of articles read by the user.<p>While h-index and karma are great to measure, well, measurable contribution to the community, it fails to capture the contribution to the community that consists in (and this is true of a lot of other if not of all "karma policies" too):<p><pre><code> - sharing what one sees in this community, and spreading it through
other channels
- or even just using the knowledge gathered here
- or, in the best case, using the inspiration found in this community
to help build a better world
</code></pre>
I for one read HN articles and comments about 2 hours a day every single day even now at 5am on a Sunday morning after a party. This made me a better programmer, dreamer, and probably a slightly better person too.<p>Yet I speak little and have only a little under
300 karma. I believe, though, that I contribute somehow more to the community than what my karma shows (e.g. by spreading the word about a cool and useful technology at work - say functional reactive programming for instance - and seeing it being adopted or experimented with).<p>I think attendance matters, too :)<p>EDIT: list formatting<p>EDIT2: added bit about FRP cuz, you know, redux