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Re:SEC asks for emergency order to freeze Binance US assets ... by politician on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:17PM (#36221517)
The haves and have nots in the HN karma game is precisely the set of people who submit stories and the set of people who merely leave comments. A mediocre story submission trumps a great comment.

So, you have to consider that when talking about downvotes being discouraging— for people that don’t submit stories it can feel very real.

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Re:SEC asks for emergency order to freeze Binance US assets ... by matheusmoreira on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:41PM (#36221702)
My karma is almost entirely from comments.
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Re:SEC asks for emergency order to freeze Binance US assets ... by lolinder on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:25PM (#36221595)
Having lots of karma has less to do with stories and more to do with the amount you participate in general.

I barely submit any stories, but I spend enough time on here (i.e., too much time) that I'm frequently the first one to post a substantive comment on what eventually becomes a popular thread. The system has a strong bias toward early participators, and those will disproportionately be the people who spend the most time on here.

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