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> Historically, it was somewhat common for men to say to each other here "You must be smart and competent because you have a lot of karma on HN." Repeating par
by will4274 6y ago
> Historically, it was somewhat common for men to say to each other here "You must be smart and competent because you have a lot of karma on HN."
Repeating parent... Do you have an example? Like a link.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoI'm not going to spend all day on this -- it's pointless anyway because answering you will be some new crime on my part since I said I was walking away and no one will feel like "Well, they shouldn't have doubled down and tried to lure her back into the conversation" because it's all about proving I'm evil and the way I get mistreated is justified -- but here are a few: You rarely would say "He has accumulated lot of good karma by doing good, I better see what he has to say". On HN, its a different story. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1068454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1068454 Karma is used as part of the YC-applicant vetting process. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=454022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=454022 Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback. Now I understand why you have 40k karma ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1758794 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1758794 Most high-karma people on HN (like, 5k+) get there by being thoughtful. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1757388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1757388 Those are all old comments. Probably not a coincidence because as stated previously when I began pointing out the double standard -- that men would praise each other for having high karma here but nothing I do is ever good enough and I get attacked for trying to assert that I deserve to be treated better -- then people began saying that less rather than, you know, decide to treat me better.