The 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 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.