While I wasn't assuming that, good catch that I neglected to mention otherwise. That said, we don't have a measure of the positive externalities to ones life, whereas we do have karma.

So, fully recognizing that there is more to HN than earning karma, I'm still intrigued by what these graphs might look like.

One thing you can always try is "Here is the executive summary and presentation for my startup. We are trying to raise a small convertible debt round so we can continue working on it."

It works. http://new.ycombinator.com/item?id=73346