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Ask HN: What's the point of HN Karma?
Just wondering - if our karma isn't shown to other HN members, what is it's point? Is it just for my knowledge?
- pg 15y agoOthers can still see your karma (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kolinko http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kolinko), just not the points on individual posts.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoWe can see your karma. Downvoting and flagging are enabled at sufficient karma. I also understand that high average karma has a small but real effect on comment rankings. Also, it keeps people participating.
- DanBC 15y agoAn individual post's karma is shown if you access that post through search.
- sp332 15y agoComments and stories with high scores will stay higher on the page than equally-old stories with fewer points. Also there are some other lists like "best stories" and "most active" https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists