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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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