I'm perplexed by this. On HN, karma's purpose is to promote civil discussion. It attempts to do this by providing both positive and negative feedback. If you co

I'm perplexed by this. On HN, karma's purpose is to promote civil discussion. It attempts to do this by providing both positive and negative feedback. If you confuse those points with some universally valuable thing... well, don't. I will note that I have had many pleasant interactions with people on HN outside of HN itself. Some of these interactions included offers to interview for a position. But this did not happen because of my karma points itself. They happened because of how I conduct myself here.