Karma is most significant yardstick in this community, so that is HN's way of saying that it matters. This is why PG says you have to be careful about what yo

Karma is most significant yardstick in this community, so that is HN's way of saying that it matters. This is why PG says you have to be careful about what you measure [1], because then you tend to start optimizing for that. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html