I 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/

I 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.