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Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abus
by bristleworm 7y ago
Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abuse.
see: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- anthay 7y agoI see after your comment I've jumped to 52 points. Usually, I write a short reply on some thread and although my post shows me "1 point by anthay" my karma doesn't change. I'm sure it used to.
- anthay 7y agoAwesome, back to 51 points. Is it because I'm talking about karma and get automatically downvoted? I don't usually mention karma and yet still my little 1 point doesn't get added to my "score."
- muzani 7y agoYou'll normally get downvoted if you go against the guidelines. Quoting the related guideline: "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."