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Sunday, November 26, 2023
How do the karma points on Hacker News work?
Recently, I paid attention to my karma points on HN. I submitted an article that got around 100 upvotes. But then I realized that my karma points rose only about 40 points...
The answers that Kagi's FastGPT gives are generally very high quality because they come with source references included:
Karma points on Hacker News are a measure of how popular a user's submissions and comments are based on upvotes from other users. Each upvote a user receives adds to their total karma points.
It is currently unknown exactly how many karma points equal 1 upvote, with some context mentioning it may not be a 1:1 ratio [1]. Having more karma points allows users to downvote other submissions and comments once they reach a certain threshold, which is not explicitly stated. [2]
Karma points do not directly correspond to a user's ability to submit links or comments, which is determined by account age and whether the account has been flagged before. But generally, users with high karma points have established themselves as regularly contributing positively to the site. [3]
Friday, October 20, 2023
Podcast episodes, sorted by location: MapsFM
I'm planning a trip for next summer. I hope to visit the convention in Philadelphia in August '24 and then to visit the Adirondack Mountains in the upper New York State area 😃