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Re:HN Leaders — What are the most upvoted users of Hacker Ne... by smcl on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:46AM (#32386029)
Isn't the "karma" calculated from both upvotes on your comments and your submissions? If so this could easily end up being a pretty bad metric for deciding which users leave valuable comments - a couple of front page stories will send your score through the roof.

Additionally, I think simple 1-scoring comments don't contribute to your karma - it's when they get upvoted that they count. So spamming a bunch of useless stuff won't help, and to be honest people are likely to see and start downvoting/flagging you.

It's probably not worth caring about the points you get, as long as you're not saying a bunch of abusive stuff and getting flagged or shadowbanned :D

Edit: confirmed my suspicion re "1 point" comments not adding 1 point to your karma: I was on 8700 before hitting "reply" and I'm still on 8700 immediately after.

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Re:HN Leaders — What are the most upvoted users of Hacker Ne... by CRConrad on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:39AM (#32549627)
The "karma" value seems to climb with number of comments, only it's calculated with a lag. I think that's why your "immediately after" check showed no change. Now that it's been a couple weeks, can you recall if you hit 8701 in the half-a-day or so after posting the above?
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