I kinda liked the idea (yes, I see the irony of this in this particular thread :)) about having these post not being liked to the karma of a user. Then again,

I kinda liked the idea (yes, I see the irony of this in this particular thread :)) about having these post not being liked to the karma of a user. Then again, perhaps the best thing about hackernews is the simplicity of the system without having these complex scenarios tied to posts.