evincarofautumn mentioned this from one angle, but I too think that high karma levels on HN are already valuable. Just look at the false acclaim that gets heape

evincarofautumn mentioned this from one angle, but I too think that high karma levels on HN are already valuable. Just look at the false acclaim that gets heaped on every time patio11 posts something. It's not that he never posts anything worthwhile, but you can definitely see some wild responses that are directly attributable to Patrick's place high on the HN total karma list (like that thing on lionhearted's blog a couple of years ago, on how patio11 should charge people A LOT of money because he's like the smartest guy ever). I suspect that many offers for consultation come in to HN's top commenters and many of the things they say get noticed above the sayings of the common pleb. If you have a high amount of karma, I think it's definitely worth some money.