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I've been member for almost 2 years and still haven't reached the karma threshold. it's simply more difficult to build up karma on specialized site such as hack
by lubos 16y ago
I've been member for almost 2 years and still haven't reached the karma threshold. it's simply more difficult to build up karma on specialized site such as hackernews
reddit is general purpose, you can collect points merely by posting pictures of kitties or nsfw.
- vaksel 16y agonot really, just submit like 5 techcrunch posts, and you are pretty much guaranteed 200 points, just from the people who also submit techcrunch stuff hoping to be the first. And since these end up in upvotes, you are pretty much guaranteed frontpage.
- chollida1 16y agoTry gaining karma from well thought out comments rather than posting stories. I think you'll find that's how most of the respected names on this site do it.
- vladd 16y agoKarma rewards extrinsic behaviour, there's no reward for just logging in and reading stories on HN. I think that explains why some are members for 2 years, comfortable in reading the content on the site and contributing rather rarely when they have something insightful to say, while others are able to reach the threshold for down-voting in short periods of time without fully understanding the community or reading the guidelines.