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HN is based on karma--you only get access to certain features at given thresholds. It's something you have to care about if you ever want to be able to make ful

by mkr-hn 16y ago

HN is based on karma--you only get access to certain features at given thresholds. It's something you have to care about if you ever want to be able to make full use of the site. I think a time-based system might go along with karma well. If you stay above a certain level for long enough, you get access to the next feature level. You still have to work your way up the karma tree, but you're not doing it for the features.

grandalf 16y ago
wait, what are these levels? I don't know if I have ever been aware of this other than just the downvote privilege based on average comment score.
- mkr-hn 16y ago
  I don't know of any others aside from the poll privilege, but it works whether there's one or 100 levels.
- Retric 16y ago
  There is also a threshold to change the color of the bar at the top.
bootload 16y ago
"... HN is based on karma ..." HN is based on the quality of your ideas.
- mkr-hn 16y ago
  I'm talking about the software behind HN, not the community.