This was the starting point;-) So i think some points were really a critic on the point- system here on codewars and perhaps sometimes the way to get and climb a position in this "leader- list". To find a "perfect solution" for these "problems" is difficult (if exists), so it's always easy to criticize... i know this;-). Often it's difficult to understand different opinions here, because some are very short and every user has a different background or motivation (sometimes language problems too) we don't know and recognize. So i think we don't differ too much and it's interesting to know a little bit more of perhaps some other activities around (for me this point is also "a little bit difficult" here, because codewars contains no "chat- system" and is often strictly reduced to solve katas or to produce code;-)). So i only can say, keep on your surely good work, and don't be annoyed too much - take me by name "smile67" and look for my hints: >= ";-) & :-)"...

Oh, if that's the point, a quick note about how I see things differently, as there is at least an element you might not know: both the "praiser" (which actually praised the effort, more than the kata) and the author are two people I train (big word, I know).

The praiser in particular helped in person the author to fix a few things and create the tests. I know because we were all here; the author is working hard on improving her JS skills, exercising each day after work, so I think a praise on the effort was not that much out of place.

And this part of the discussion is certainly stimulating and worth thousands of words :)

No problem and for me everything is ok. I don't expect to change these things here, normally it works (but i wrote it before). If it's necessary to praise a kata like "return number*5", which was the beginning of our discussion, for me it was a little bit strange and one step gave the next. Generally it's always worth to discuss what could be done better and so sometimes discussions get a little bit harder;-)... But i think this should be no problem if later on all "come together again". So it really was a pleasure and no waste of time:-)...

Java translation kumited.

Personally I don't think it's worth wasting much time tracking. If someone has to inflate their rank for respect, they know that respect is hollow and unsatisfying, and maybe sympathy is a more appropriate recourse.

That said, maybe a badge of dishonour next to their name for 30 days? And some tips on rehabilitating themselves...

Just a quick note, including also (if not mostly) myself: being top-rankers (among the first 100 in the leaderboard, for what that matters), let's try to be both as supportive as possible and mindful of how people see and weigh our opinions.

I think in this case it could have been better to open an issue and demand for some extra challenge or other edits in the kata (I still think that this one is on par with others for complete beginners, but ok, that's just my highly debatable PoV), possibly also suggesting what/how to do. But the fact is that sometimes a beginner can be easily disheartened and I would like to avoid here to get "stackoverflow effect", if you get what I mean. That's it.

Oh, and it was a pleasure exchanging opinions and dealing with different perspectives :)

I think you can never have too many katas, and beginners need katas like these, which they won't necessarily find easy.

Worrying about issues caused by there being too many katas is worrying about problems that don't exist. If a beginner wants to spend 30 hours of their life doing 300 katas like this one just for a hollow level 5, they're only cheating themselves out of progress.

As long as we each know how much we've worked to achieve our own scores, we shouldn't worry too much about how others achieved theirs and just be proud of ourselves for getting to the level we're at.