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Do you realize that when your only goal is to gain karma points the overall quality of HN suffers, thus decreasing the value of each karma point? All of your p
by ryanto 16y ago
Do you realize that when your only goal is to gain karma points the overall quality of HN suffers, thus decreasing the value of each karma point?
All of your posts are just tech/startup gossip. Kinda boring, no?
- thankuz 16y agoI respect your opinion, but if you had read the entire story, you would have noticed lessons learned #4 & #5 at the bottom touch on those exact points: Use multiple sources, submit multiple types or genres and be sure to participate on other members' threads. I also took the time to list the various types (ie. policital, search, acquisition, PR / branding, startup, tech / web standards, business / entrepreneur and funding related). For instance, how is the Egypt conflict considered tech/startup gossip? As I said, I respect your opinion, and am sorry that you feel my submissions are 'kinda boring'. In response to that, I would have to respectfully disagree. That said, I am new and I'm still learning some of the ins & outs, but will certainly try to do better in the future.
- thankuz 16y agoThe goal is to gain karma points, sure. But, what you should be asking is, why is that the goal? The karma points themselves are only the factor used to measure the quality of a submission. In turn, by reaching my goal and learning the lessons I mentioned along the way, it improves the quality of my submissions. All I was saying is that if others did something similar, or the same thing, that the quality of HN would most certainly improve, thus increasing the value of each pt.