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Re:How I ended up with so much Hacker News karma (2012) by jaynos on Thursday November 12, 2015 @08:43AM (#10553043)
I worked really hard to get that downvote arrow, but then stopped caring much about karma and probably haven't actually downvoted anything (just like that the option is there). Now I'm off to change my banner color.
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Re:How I ended up with so much Hacker News karma (2012) by ducuboy on Thursday November 12, 2015 @08:51AM (#10553084)
That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort?

I understand how it helps the forum work well, but for the user doesn't seem much more than a vanity feature. Being able to flag/downvote is something I really don't care about.

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Re:How I ended up with so much Hacker News karma (2012) by dragonwriter on Thursday November 12, 2015 @11:41AM (#10554215)
> That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort?

Score on particular posts is a signal rather than a reward, IMO, and, no, if you are expending effort specifically in order to boost your karma score, its probably not worth it.

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