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> But after you hit like 1000 karma...you just don't care anymore. Why did you care in the first place?
by mhurron 14y ago
> But after you hit like 1000 karma...you just don't care anymore.
Why did you care in the first place?
- spindritf 14y agoWith very few points you don't have certain privileges on the site (downvoting, reporting) and you can get hellbanned for an unpopular comment.
- Retric 14y agoThe ability to down vote and change the title bar are lined to karma.
- polyfractal 14y agoBesides the tangible benefits others have mentioned, I think everyone falls prey to the desire to be "well liked". Karma means you wrote something other people liked or appreciated, so it is gratifying to watch your karma go up (because that means people like what you are saying). Silly I know, but I also recognize that it is what made me try to write good comments when I first joined HN. Which is exactly what karma should do - make you try to be a better poster.