I think timing is more of a factor in this than karma... There are some times of the day when new stories are less likely to be voted up. The only time when ka

I think timing is more of a factor in this than karma... There are some times of the day when new stories are less likely to be voted up. The only time when karma does play a role is for stories submitted by people that are in the top ten and are well known... But that's a minority