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Daniel, is it possible to subtract those points from my account? I didn't post it for upvotes.

• dang 11y ago
  No because it's compensation for any good things you posted that got ignored. Like tptacek said, just post more good things! You didn't do anything wrong btw. HN reacts how it reacts. Having a wide range of stimuli is important; a few lead to madness, but it wears off. The thing to optimize for is story diversity, because that's what serves the site goal of intellectual curiosity. If you (or anyone) really want to up your game of contributing to HN, scour the Internet for out-of-the-way things that readers here haven't heard of and will get all perky and curious in response to. Those are the best posts and there are never enough of them.
  • kawera 11y ago
    Thanks, will do!