New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Should one avoid leaderboards in a mobile game that is not popular yet?

Ask HN: Should one avoid leaderboards in a mobile game that is not popular yet?
2 by amichail | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Leaderboards would reveal the game's lack of popularity to players in an obvious way — and hence might discourage them from playing the game. What do you think?