Yeah, and you can't have that discussion without understanding why it works for HS.
By ignoring this context, the parent comment, and your comment here, debate a position that was never posited at all. In some sense you are debating yourselves.
I actually agree, but I think it's a debate worth having.
Clearly, this system works for Hacker School. Kudos.
This system is also being advertised for wider implementation, possibly into communities and companies that all of us are a part of, and any broad social reform deserves a good deal of scrutiny before implementation. A key part of these rules, in particular, is the potential for abuse and the sorts of implications they have on the culture that implements them.
The first sentence of the article:
> We've enjoyed seeing our social rules spread into other parts of the tech community.
The debate here is around whether or not these rules would work in other environments.