I'm glad you care so much about my success, and your comment was well received. But, I do all those things too. The point of the story wasn't about the karma p

I'm glad you care so much about my success, and your comment was well received. But, I do all those things too. The point of the story wasn't about the karma points themselves, but rather how to use them as a unit of measurement to improve the community as a whole, and the quality of an individual submission. The reason I take the time to do it, and take away from the other important things in my life, is because I've always believed anything worth doing is worth doing right the first time. To me, it would be a waste of time to just submit blindly and not care about the quality of my stories and how they'll be received by other members. And, for the record, no where in the story did I insinuate that more karma = success on HN, or that people cared about the pts. themselves. I don't consider my measly 1,500 pts. to be a major milestone compared to others, and it's certainly not the reason I am successful in life of on HN.