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"Karma has no value at the moment". How do you know that ? At the very least this statement is wrong since you can not downvote with less than 500 karma. Do you

"Karma has no value at the moment". How do you know that ? At the very least this statement is wrong since you can not downvote with less than 500 karma. Do you have direct knowledge of the algorithm that pushes a post to the front page of HN ? If not, perhaps of the poster's karma is considered ?

ascar 5y ago
I know dang commented on this multiple times before and gave some insight into this. IIRC it's somewhat along the lines of upvotes/time_squared and no user has more weight than another unless vote abuse protection triggers. Maybe someone has a link to these comments.
kcplate 5y ago
It’s relative. Karma has zero value to me, so it doesn’t factor at all in my decision to comment. It wouldn’t factor in my decision to post should I felt led to do so either. I use a feed reader to read HN so I see all content without regards to its ranking on site as well, basically I get it pretty much in a when post created timeline. I prefer it that way, I don’t need my interests curated by others. I find that there are too many interesting things to read that would get buried.
- popemarijuanaxq 5y ago
  I don't take my accounts on HN too seriously although I've been participating since x. I don't see myself putting a link to a comment or contribution on my resume that links to HN, because then I have to answer this obvious question: So you're a hacker? Look at all my karma on Hacker News! Reminds me of the time when I was in the public library and an autistic kid walks in and asks the librarian straight up: I'm looking for books on hacking, do you have any? That astounded her for about 10 seconds before I astounded her further with my response to his question. I know what he's looking for, I'll help him. She never looked at me the same way again.
fuzzfactor 5y ago
>Karma has no value >this statement is wrong since you can not downvote with less than 500 karma But almost all of the time a downvote is a valueless vote.
- Brian_K_White 5y ago
  It's a thing one wants (one, not you of course because you're above all that), and the price is having attained a certain karma. That is a transaction of and for value. It doesn't matter what the X is you want or what the Y is you have to trade to get it.
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ascar 5y ago

I know dang commented on this multiple times before and gave some insight into this. IIRC it's somewhat along the lines of upvotes/time_squared and no user has more weight than another unless vote abuse protection triggers. Maybe someone has a link to these comments.

kcplate 5y ago

It’s relative. Karma has zero value to me, so it doesn’t factor at all in my decision to comment. It wouldn’t factor in my decision to post should I felt led to do so either. I use a feed reader to read HN so I see all content without regards to its ranking on site as well, basically I get it pretty much in a when post created timeline. I prefer it that way, I don’t need my interests curated by others. I find that there are too many interesting things to read that would get buried.

popemarijuanaxq 5y ago
I don't take my accounts on HN too seriously although I've been participating since x. I don't see myself putting a link to a comment or contribution on my resume that links to HN, because then I have to answer this obvious question: So you're a hacker? Look at all my karma on Hacker News! Reminds me of the time when I was in the public library and an autistic kid walks in and asks the librarian straight up: I'm looking for books on hacking, do you have any? That astounded her for about 10 seconds before I astounded her further with my response to his question. I know what he's looking for, I'll help him. She never looked at me the same way again.

fuzzfactor 5y ago

>Karma has no value >this statement is wrong since you can not downvote with less than 500 karma But almost all of the time a downvote is a valueless vote.

Brian_K_White 5y ago
It's a thing one wants (one, not you of course because you're above all that), and the price is having attained a certain karma. That is a transaction of and for value. It doesn't matter what the X is you want or what the Y is you have to trade to get it.
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