Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by AnonC on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:00PM
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I used to care about karma points on HN only till I crossed 500 and went above that (for a buffer) so that I could get downvote privileges. Then I found that I rarely downvote or upvote, or even login. But I do browse without logging in a lot more (thanks to those who upvote or flag and make my lazy experience better).
I do like the fact that points or karma aren’t highlighted well. What I would actually like after I login is to see some indicator on anyone replying to my comments instead of the total karma score next to my username. That would be of more use to me than a points system where there’s pretty much nothing after sometime.
Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by jorgesborges on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:44PM
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I'm surprised that unlike the forums I spent most of my time on when I was young, I don't really remember anyone here at all. This format is great obviously but I do miss avatars and weird personalized signatures that gave people some personality and recognizability.
Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by AviationAtom on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:05PM
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I'm genuinely curious how some folks get even close to this. I feel like my first post or two I did something that got all my future posts suppressed, or some such crazy thing, as my comments always end up with super low engagement, despite an effort to make the bulk of them thoughtful and useful.
Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by AviationAtom on Sunday February 13, 2022 @07:35PM
(#30327150)
I was indeed. They did unban after an email. I had seen mention of it before, and contemplated emailing them to ask, but hadn't done it to this point. Thank you for your comment. I could indeed see why they originally did. Apparently they try to monitor for cases such as mine, but mine had slipped by.
Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by mindcrime on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:08PM
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There appear to be a few people who are intentionally excluded from the list. Notice for example that pg himself is not listed, despite having 156,000+ karma.
Re:HN Users with Most Karma
by sharkweek on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:42PM
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I like chasing (relatively) arbitrary things (current flavor is a random addiction to trying to speed run Tony Hawk Pro Skater remastered levels, go figure, but I digress).
Anywho, saw this list early in my now almost-decade old lifetime on HN and wanted to try to join the ranks. Gave up a while ago, but now seeing the list on the front page here is making me itchy to participate more…
I do like the fact that points or karma aren’t highlighted well. What I would actually like after I login is to see some indicator on anyone replying to my comments instead of the total karma score next to my username. That would be of more use to me than a points system where there’s pretty much nothing after sometime.
One way to get on the list is to make a lot of politics-related posts.
Another technique to get a lot of karma (don't know about top-10 level karma) is to continually re-post submissions made years ago.
If you email the mods, they'll probably unban you.
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dang
It looks like they should be in 85th place?
Anywho, saw this list early in my now almost-decade old lifetime on HN and wanted to try to join the ranks. Gave up a while ago, but now seeing the list on the front page here is making me itchy to participate more…
This ranking is a constant proof that I should "get a life" :)
Whoa, I have to wonder if they adjust their score all the time to remain in 99th place? Or, more plausibly: coincidences are coincidency