I've been on HN for about 5 and half years. I rarely pay attention to my "karma" except for on a per-comment basis and only if it's negative as it normally mean

I've been on HN for about 5 and half years. I rarely pay attention to my "karma" except for on a per-comment basis and only if it's negative as it normally means I was misunderstood or I misunderstand the downvotes and I edit or reply to a child to try and resolve the misunderstanding. Aside from that it doesn't really matter, most of my comments are completely ignored (no comments, no votes) and that's normally due to commenting on low-traffic posts, "late to the party", or just not something anyone found useful. Most of my "karma" comes from a handful of posts I've made on topic I am highly informed/involved with, when being very open/genuine, or useful tips/info. For example in last 2 years (After 2 years I got tired of scrolling through my history): [32] Talking about a field I know a good bit about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10150020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10150020 [38] In response to people freaking out over nodejs numbering: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10477878 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10477878 [49] In response to SV entitilement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13062611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13062611 [49] Being open and opposed to "Things were fine back in my day"-thinking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10182611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10182611 [57] How I use GMVault: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12987670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12987670 [57] Talking about Bittorrent Sync: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534850 [58] On a new taxi app and how that article was overly-glowing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10676957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10676957 [66] Wishing for VR virtual desktops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9701776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9701776 [88] Complaining about google not hiring the homebrew dev: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695416 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695416 [114] Responding to a snarky blog on how "easy" it is to build an app: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12137433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12137433 [217] Response to FBI's stupid statements on encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9661936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9661936 For each one of the comments I made above there were probably another 5 that got 1-5 votes and then another 20 that never got a single vote. Like I said at the start I don't pay much attention to it at all and if you do you probably are on HN for the wrong reasons. Just comment when you have a valuable opinion or information to add to a discussion and let the chips fall where they may.