Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#1

Post by anthay » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:44 AM UTC

I post on HN infrequently. When I do it says something like "1 point for anthay." But I've been on 51 points for what feels like years. Just curious.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#2

Post by bristleworm » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:51 AM UTC

Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abuse.

see: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#3

Post by onion2k » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:53 AM UTC

You didn't post any comments for 8 months.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#4

Post by anthay » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:56 AM UTC

bristleworm wrote: post #2

Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abuse. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

I see after your comment I've jumped to 52 points.

Usually, I write a short reply on some thread and although my post shows me "1 point by anthay" my karma doesn't change. I'm sure it used to.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#5

Post by anthay » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:57 AM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #3

You didn't post any comments for 8 months.

I posted one yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20722765

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#6

Post by anthay » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:08 AM UTC

anthay wrote: post #4

bristleworm wrote: post #2

Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abuse. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

I see after your comment I've jumped to 52 points. Usually, I write a short reply on some thread and although my post shows me "1 point by anthay" my karma doesn't change. I'm sure it used to.

Awesome, back to 51 points. Is it because I'm talking about karma and get automatically downvoted? I don't usually mention karma and yet still my little 1 point doesn't get added to my "score."

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#7

Post by onion2k » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:09 AM UTC

anthay wrote: post #5

onion2k wrote: post #3

You didn't post any comments for 8 months.

I posted one yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20722765

I meant that you hadn't been posting comments for a while, so obviously you weren't going to get karma.

Now you're posting again hopefully you'll make interesting comments that people think are worth a click.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#8

Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:13 AM UTC

If you want karma, post great news stories. Comments don’t attract much karma usually.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#9

Post by clusmore » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:24 AM UTC

My understanding is that comments start on 1 point but you don't actually get karma for that point, only for subsequent upvotes.

Re: Ask HN: Why am I stuck on 51 HN karma points?

#10

Post by anthay » Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 11:56 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #8

If you want karma, post great news stories. Comments don’t attract much karma usually.

Thank you. So for example, and I realise this isn't a great news story, this Ask HN post of mine is showing me it has 6 points (upvotes?), but my karma is still 51.