I’ve discussed karma sharing on HN before, and it’s basically not really a bad idea per se but if it’s not broke don’t fix it. The second chance pool is there f

I’ve discussed karma sharing on HN before, and it’s basically not really a bad idea per se but if it’s not broke don’t fix it. The second chance pool is there for things that fall through the cracks. And your post can still get some upvotes. But the real issue to my mind is that HN isn’t really about karma points, so if your post doesn’t do well it’s fine in the grand scheme of things, even in the context of HN. At least other people were able to see the link, even if they didn’t see your post. All roads lead to Rome, anyway. So your karma number didn’t go up when you did the thing but it did when someone else did the thing. It seems unfair, but it’s almost an anti-feature in that it can disincentivize karma motivated posting behavior. Find something else to post and try again? It’s not worth getting too attached to post traction. The time of posting seems to have more to do with how well a post does than the particular link or who posted it first imo. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_roads_lead_to_Rome https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_roads_lead_to_Rome