This is somewhat true. I farmed a few hundred karma last week combining the HN bookmarklet with Reddit's new+rising search to pick up a handful of promising hea

This is somewhat true. I farmed a few hundred karma last week combining the HN bookmarklet with Reddit's new+rising search to pick up a handful of promising headlines on a weekday morning. I felt smart until I realized that HN karma is its own reward. Now I'm back to mostly commenting.