In addition to the potential for being vouched for - it's also important to remember that brigading on HN has a very limited effect on account karma overall. I

In addition to the potential for being vouched for - it's also important to remember that brigading on HN has a very limited effect on account karma overall. If you end up being on the sharp end of the stick at least you can take some comfort in only ever losing six points of karma... well unless your comment was atrocious enough to get you a ban from the mods.