Those with "karma" systems are particularly susceptible, including HN. But I think Reddit is even worse in this regard than HN because there are many times mor

Those with "karma" systems are particularly susceptible, including HN. But I think Reddit is even worse in this regard than HN because there are many times more users (usernames are less likely to be recognized across threads), and reddit makes it into more of a game with various kinds of flare and other 'rewarding' baubles.