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Means that the karma system is good. Anyone can point out what are the features that can be unlocked with more karma? I'd like to know what I'm missing.

by ducuboy 11y ago

lifeformed 11y ago
10k gets you $10k seed funding for your startup.
- austenallred 11y ago
  Please tell me where to collect my check?
  - newjersey 11y ago
    I believe that is Internet money, not real money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_on_Strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_on_Strike
  - ducuboy 11y ago
    You could make good use of your karma by adding a Hacker News chapter to your User Acquisition book. I would pay some for that.
- ducuboy 11y ago
  That's too much work for $10k.
DanBC 11y ago
You need a small amount of karma to get the flag button. You need a bit more karma to be able to change the colour of the top bar. You need a bit more karma to get the downvote button. I'm not sure whether your average comment karma is used to place your comment on a page.
- jaynos 11y ago
  I worked really hard to get that downvote arrow, but then stopped caring much about karma and probably haven't actually downvoted anything (just like that the option is there). Now I'm off to change my banner color.
  - ducuboy 11y ago
    That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort? I understand how it helps the forum work well, but for the user doesn't seem much more than a vanity feature. Being able to flag/downvote is something I really don't care about.
    - dragonwriter 11y ago
      > That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort? Score on particular posts is a signal rather than a reward, IMO, and, no, if you are expending effort specifically in order to boost your karma score, its probably not worth it.
- ducuboy 11y ago
  Oh, and you need 200 of karma to create a poll. I'm still not there yet, and I lost a lot of karma because of it. This is a post of mine that got 31 points - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667 And it was picked up by somebody with more karma that created a poll about it and gained 71 points on that - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339900 That was a bit unfair..

Means that the karma system is good. Anyone can point out what are the features that can be unlocked with more karma? I'd like to know what I'm missing.

by ducuboy 11y ago

Means that the karma system is good. Anyone can point out what are the features that can be unlocked with more karma? I'd like to know what I'm missing.

lifeformed 11y ago

10k gets you $10k seed funding for your startup.

austenallred 11y ago
Please tell me where to collect my check?
- newjersey 11y ago
  I believe that is Internet money, not real money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_on_Strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_on_Strike
- ducuboy 11y ago
  You could make good use of your karma by adding a Hacker News chapter to your User Acquisition book. I would pay some for that.
ducuboy 11y ago
That's too much work for $10k.

DanBC 11y ago

You need a small amount of karma to get the flag button. You need a bit more karma to be able to change the colour of the top bar. You need a bit more karma to get the downvote button. I'm not sure whether your average comment karma is used to place your comment on a page.

jaynos 11y ago
I worked really hard to get that downvote arrow, but then stopped caring much about karma and probably haven't actually downvoted anything (just like that the option is there). Now I'm off to change my banner color.
- ducuboy 11y ago
  That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort? I understand how it helps the forum work well, but for the user doesn't seem much more than a vanity feature. Being able to flag/downvote is something I really don't care about.
  - dragonwriter 11y ago
    > That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort? Score on particular posts is a signal rather than a reward, IMO, and, no, if you are expending effort specifically in order to boost your karma score, its probably not worth it.
ducuboy 11y ago
Oh, and you need 200 of karma to create a poll. I'm still not there yet, and I lost a lot of karma because of it. This is a post of mine that got 31 points - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667 And it was picked up by somebody with more karma that created a poll about it and gained 71 points on that - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339900 That was a bit unfair..