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Ask HN: HN submissions start from score 1
Hi Folks,
Why do all submissions start from score 1. I would imagine starting from 0 is the more traditional way of doing this. Also, the sumbitter/commenter never gets that score of 1 added to his/her karma. Is there a reason for this?
- veyron 15y agoPhilosophically I would imagine you would implicitly upvote your own submission, hence it makes sense to start at 1. Alternatively, it could be seen as two transactions: -1 posting an article costs 1 karma +1 upvoting your own article costs 1 karma