Having high karma and highly rated posts won't stop you from being arbitrarily banned for no real reason however.
Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
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Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#12It suppresses opinions that are not widely accepted or favorable and deters irritable tones of voice among other things.
> It suppresses opinions that are not widely accepted
There definitely is a type of person that revels in negative karma/points/whatever for their "controversial" "opinions".
Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
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Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#14I think at a certain Karma you can also change your: top bar color. I have mine set to: 9794b6. I think it was at 500 points that I could do this.
Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#15I think at a certain Karma you can also change your: top bar color. I have mine set to: 9794b6. I think it was at 500 points that I could do this.
For real? I'm mostly a lurker, now I wanna hit 500 points.
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Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#17If anything, karma reflects how many users like your post or comment. They can like it for various reasons, not necessarily support it.
This is true for individual comments. But do we need the "score box" next to our login name?
I don't see an option in the settings to make that disappear, and adblocking the div removes a useful link.
Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#18I think at a certain Karma you can also change your: top bar color. I have mine set to: 9794b6. I think it was at 500 points that I could do this.
It may have changed but I remember that being available closer to the 256 point.
Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#19I think at a certain Karma you can also change your: top bar color. I have mine set to: 9794b6. I think it was at 500 points that I could do this.
It may have changed but I remember that being available closer to the 256 point.
I don’t recall the number of points needed but I do remember being so excited to be able to change my top bar color.
Re: Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm)
#20I sometimes get dopamine from downvotes. Weird. It's like someone cares enough to say "that's shit".