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It is not only shown more prominently, it is listed as a factor considered when evaluating applications. So if evne if you don't care, PG apparently does. I sta
by Jd 15y ago
It is not only shown more prominently, it is listed as a factor considered when evaluating applications. So if evne if you don't care, PG apparently does. I started to.
I followed a multi-prong strategy and increased my karma from ~2 / post to ~4 / post over the course of about 4 months.
Things I (mostly) stopped doing:
(1) Carrying on personal conversations or debates about a specific topic.
(2) Commenting on controversial topics, esp. with an opinion that might not be in the mainstream of HN readers
(3) Commenting on things more than an hour or two old
(4) Commenting on items that already have a lot of comments and points where I expect that my comments will not get noticed.
I also find it sad that I have to consider such a thing...
...but it works.
- pg 15y agoI also find it sad that I have to consider such a thing You don't. I don't care about average comment scores, just whether I recognize a username for consistently saying intelligent things.
- Jd 15y agoIt is fascinating and somewhat shocking to me that in the large applicant pool that you would be able to recognize a substantial number of applicants on the basis of their HN handles. Does this really happen? My gut tells me in a pool of 400 or so applicants you might recognize about 40 handles, with a recollection of comment quality in about half of those. Which is to say, comment quality has bearing in about 5% of applicants and virtually always positively.
- pg 15y agocomment quality has bearing in about 5% of applicants and virtually always positively That's roughly correct, yes.