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Post contrarian opinions but succinctly and with room for people to correct / refine your points ("strong opinions, weakly held"). My experience is that wishy-
by tedmiston 8y ago
Post contrarian opinions but succinctly and with room for people to correct / refine your points ("strong opinions, weakly held"). My experience is that wishy-washy comments don't go far here but opinionated ones do, even if they're wrong.
Don't be afraid to post the first comment on a submission on the new page with the hope of kickstarting the discussion.
That said, I don't know that HN karma matters for much in the real world.
As far as time zones, anecdotally HN seems to be most active during the workday on west coast time.
- epynonymous 8y agoagree with most of your points. i also dont think karma matters much, but i always wanted a green username. and also, how did you get 5777 karma points? i was looking at your submissions, it’s almost like mine, 2-3 points on average. this is somewhat like an seo challenge, i’m assuming your comments of someone else’s article received lots of karma.
- tedmiston 8y agoYes, my karma is almost exclusively (≥ 99%) from comments vs submissions.