Why are we keeping score of who killed how many (details inside)?

No, it should not be secret. While it seems to be something to promote competitive terrorism, it is also important for people to understand the scope of a problem, and not ignore it.

To keep track on who is the best.
As awesome as Cho Seung Hui was, his high score has been beaten.
It is a shame that there are no replays available to analyse their tactics and strategies, to help future competitors.

Escalation.

Keeping score is valuable in deciding when the problem has escalated to the point that drastic action is required.

Many of us in the US thought the 20 kids killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting would turn the tide, but we underestimated the influence of the NRA.

Will 50 dead fags change the discussion? I doubt it.

If someone hits a debutantes ball, that will be the final straw.

The macabre. Sensationalism!

Not always, @kritiper.

Don’t you agree that the attack in Orlando was the worst for a lone gunman?

Human’s quantify.

@ibstubro Sure it was the worst. But the news organizations gotta get their viewers! Gotta out-scoop the competition! Ever seen the movie “Network?”

“The bubble-headed bleach blond comes on at five.
She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye.
It’s interesting when people die.
Give us dirty laundry.”
-from “Dirty Laundry” Written by Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar

You ask: Do you think this information should be classified?

If you’re talking about classified the way that military secrets are clasdified, that’s a silly question.

How can you classify something which is public knowledge? Even if you could somehow censor the press (NOT a good idea in a free society ) There were tons of eyewitnesses.

Are you going to threaten them with serious jail time for divulging classified information?
That’s pretty ridiculous.

It matters not whether it should or should not be classified. There is simply no practical way to accomplish that in a free society. So, it’s a moot point.

Only dictatorships like N. Korea can attempt to repress information like that. Would you want to live somewhere where public info can be classified ?

It has nothing to do with keeping score. It is merely a reporting of facts. People are very interested in the record heat or cold, the highest mountain, the biggest sink hole, the worst earthquake, and so on.