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We are not a degrading culture of hackers. There is a reason why there is very minimal voting down of items. Its because if you see you have a bad article, do
by spoiledtechie 17y ago
We are not a degrading culture of hackers. There is a reason why there is very minimal voting down of items. Its because if you see you have a bad article, don't submit it.
If your article just died, then grow and learn from it. Don't demoralize your self over it. If we give you negative points, its demoralizing you.
Also, you should edit your topic with Ask HN:Why do dead posts contribute to karma?
It gets more notice that way.
- mojuba 17y agoWhat I meant was spam rather than (slightly) irrelevant posts like mine. You can post any crap, give it a few votes from different accounts and earn karma that way.
- icey 17y agoAnd then what? Having high karma doesn't get you anything. Each post and comment seems to be judged on its merits, regardless of who is posting it (with the exception of pg, I suppose; but I don't think there is much concern with him turning into a spammer).