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"I guess my point is that Hacker News is being gamed the way reddit and digg are." Only if you think the "game" is to accumulate karma. For me, the submission
by aneesh 18y ago
"I guess my point is that Hacker News is being gamed the way reddit and digg are."
Only if you think the "game" is to accumulate karma. For me, the submissions are merely seeds around which insightful discussions grow.
- kwamenum86 18y agoThere is a tangible reward for people who have the most karma though.
- paulgb 18y agoThere is? What is it?
- tptacek 18y agoNo there isn't.
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- kwamenum86 18y agoI remember reading that top karma earners get invited to startup school...I can't find that anywhere. But here is something close: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136837 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136837 Karma is taken into account when you apply. That is incentive enough to attempt to game HN.
- pg 18y agoSort of. Consistently making smart comments carries a lot of weight in getting an invitation to YC interviews. It was the deciding factor for at least 3 people we funded: danielha, alexwg, and one other I probably can't disclose because they're not launched yet. It's not simply a function of karma, though, but whether we recognize the username as someone who seems smart.