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>Karma has no value at the moment. It's best that it remains this way. Exactly. One can't forget Goodhart's law. HN is very smart about it. I like that you ca
by meowface 5y ago
>Karma has no value at the moment. It's best that it remains this way.
Exactly. One can't forget Goodhart's law.
HN is very smart about it. I like that you can downvote other posts only after reaching a certain karma threshold. (And I think "vouch"/un-shadow-delete at the same, or a higher, threshold?) Granting more abilities than that seems unwise.
- vulcan01 5y agohttps://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggingvouching https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi... Vouching and flagging are both granted at 31 karma.
- meowface 5y agoAnd looks like downvoting is granted at 501 karma. Also: >Additionally, founders of YC companies see each other's usernames show up in orange, which — although not an explicit benefit — does allow fellow YC founders to immediately identify one another in discussions. This is a neat little touch I wasn't aware of.