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Karma should be worth more in the past since there were fewer voters and fewer submissions.
by EA 11y ago
Karma should be worth more in the past since there were fewer voters and fewer submissions.
- sspiff 11y agoIf "Internet points" like karma motivates people, inflation like this is actually useful to keep people in the community active.
- EA 11y agoIt is also useful in searching for the most popular posts on HN. A post years ago on HN getting 150 to 200 points may have been the most popular (perhaps most significant) post for a while. We get posts like that daily now.