It definitely is. It assesses the all important prestige of an user in the same way the trust-score does, but more visibly, and social networks are all about visibility. It allows to showcase your ability just like in a blog, but by profiting the time you use to post organically within a a forum. It's two for the price of one by just readjusting the a format, without compromising the quality of both types of formats.

didiplaywell

I think all the features are already there, too. That's why I'm wondering if this is an easy growth vector or if I'm missing something.

Undisciplined

Can Stacker News Be a Lightning Locals, Too?

Would that be like allowing personal blogs within SN? I think it already works that way, but maybe some adjustments to the UI would make the user entries more like personal blogs. I think all the features are already there but it only lacks "weight" to make it look that way.