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A funny thing is that I don't actually look at Karma almost at all. It's sort of a game to me to see when I break certain milestones, but I have no idea how mu
by Periodic 17y ago
A funny thing is that I don't actually look at Karma almost at all. It's sort of a game to me to see when I break certain milestones, but I have no idea how much karma other posters have.
I like to read the posts, figure out if they contribute to the discussion, and up/down-vote accordingly. If a post requires verification, then perhaps I'll go dig a little deeper, but on HN I'm inclined to trust that most people are who they say they are in their posts.
- chime 17y agoI should have clarified better that karma also encompasses the comment karma (i.e. votes) in addition to the user's overall karma. Even if you're not concerned with a user's karma, the score of a comment definitely affects our perception of it. A few months ago pg hid the comment karma as an experiment and personally, I did not like it one bit. I have relied on the comment karma to highlight what's good and save me the time from reading inessential comments.