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I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by ggm »

ameerkat wrote: post #82
ggm wrote: post #66

Did the end of the article say he only showed he WOULD get 10k, not actually did?

Yes, what I was trying to articulate at the end was that the bot which finds urls to post only generated 3.7k karma after 1.5 months. Given additional time there's nothing stopping it from generating up to the 10k. I actually achieved the 10k with some additional manual posts rather than extend the bot or run it for additional time.

Well, you won your merit badge, thats the main thing. I can't help feeling using mechanical turk was logistically the same as buying the karma: you could have paid them to do things which either directly or almost directly earned you the score, not just grading inputs. But I don't mean to quibble: it was an interesting/entertaining read!

I think if you'd gone into an investment space, you might have earned the score faster by virtue of earning other people money from your picks.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by Shared404 »

read_if_gay_ wrote: post #41
FalconSensei wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> even if you disagree with the content yeah, the intention was good, but that's not how it works, unfortunately.

I get unreasonably annoyed at seeing posts get downvoted just because they don’t fit the mainstream opinion, especially if the author clearly put in a lot of effort to articulate their views. Bonus points if there are zero replies too. Anyone who downvotes like that is just lazy, close minded and cowardly. It’s sad that it happens so often.

> Bonus points if there are zero replies too.

This frustrates me to no end. If someone can type out a long comment explaining their position, the least you can do is reply with why you disagree, in addition/instead of hitting the downvote.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by wdr1 »

dgritsko wrote: post #3

A couple of years back, it was announced that the trailer for one of the new Star Wars movies would debut during halftime of Monday Night Football. There's always a rush to post stuff like links to new movie trailers "first" on Reddit, so as to get the most fake internet points. I guessed that the trailer would probably get added to the Star Wars YouTube page at around the same time it aired on TV, so I wrote a scrip…

> fake internet points

What are real internet points

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by philbo »

grawprog wrote: post #23
dgritsko wrote: post #3

A couple of years back, it was announced that the trailer for one of the new Star Wars movies would debut during halftime of Monday Night Football. There's always a rush to post stuff like links to new movie trailers "first" on Reddit, so as to get the most fake internet points. I guessed that the trailer would probably get added to the Star Wars YouTube page at around the same time it aired on TV, so I wrote a scrip…

>But it did make me think about just how easy it is to farm karma on Reddit, and how useless it is as a proxy for "trust" or "reputation" or anything other than what it is - fake internet points. I have to say, do people really take karma, upvotes, credit, fake internet points etc. As a measure of trustworthiness? I know reddit pushes this idea but do people actually participating in communities with point systems se…

Tangential, but one of my stock interview questions is to ask candidates how they decide whether to use a new dependency in production code.

The vast majority of people say GitHub stars and leave it at that. Occasionally they also mention checking how active the project is. Very, very rarely, someone will say they scan the code, maybe run the tests, check the open issues etc.

This is production code!

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by rjyoungling »

grawprog wrote: post #50
rjyoungling wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's also because you guys know how to write scripts like that. I don't know how to do that so I earn my karma in the way it was intended. If I happen to notice someone's karma on Reddit, usually their history will quickly show you what's up. Now you made me curious about your opinion of karma on places like stack overflow.

Stack overflow i've got mixed feelings about. I've seen it work well sometimes, with the highest quality answer being voted to the top. Other times, it seems the top answers are not the best or just a bunch of pointless arguing. I've never participated much in any of the stack overflow communities other than passively. I tried asking a question once that I hadn't seen on there but I got downvoted and told off so meh.…

Interesting. Seems like a complex problem to get a community right as it scales.

Thanks for sharing your perspective.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by fomine3 »

philbo wrote: post #94
grawprog wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>But it did make me think about just how easy it is to farm karma on Reddit, and how useless it is as a proxy for "trust" or "reputation" or anything other than what it is - fake internet points. I have to say, do people really take karma, upvotes, credit, fake internet points etc. As a measure of trustworthiness? I know reddit pushes this idea but do people actually participating in communities with point systems se…

Tangential, but one of my stock interview questions is to ask candidates how they decide whether to use a new dependency in production code. The vast majority of people say GitHub stars and leave it at that. Occasionally they also mention checking how active the project is. Very, very rarely, someone will say they scan the code, maybe run the tests, check the open issues etc. This is production code!

Sadly it's no surprise after we experienced left-pad case.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by dredmorbius »

ASalazarMX wrote: post #7
dgritsko wrote: post #3

A couple of years back, it was announced that the trailer for one of the new Star Wars movies would debut during halftime of Monday Night Football. There's always a rush to post stuff like links to new movie trailers "first" on Reddit, so as to get the most fake internet points. I guessed that the trailer would probably get added to the Star Wars YouTube page at around the same time it aired on TV, so I wrote a scrip…

> But it did make me think about just how easy it is to farm karma on Reddit, and how useless it is as a proxy for "trust" or "reputation" or anything other than what it is - fake internet points. More than fake internet points, it's a distilled popularity contest, and we know popular people isn't necessarily trustworthy. Reddit calling it karma gives it more credit than it deserves.

Whuffie.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by dredmorbius »

mixmax wrote: post #53
jcelerier wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Reddit calling it karma gives it more credit than it deserves. I remember PhpBB and vBulletin forums having karma plug-ins back in 2005, this isn't something invented by reddit at all

Slashdot had something similar many years earlier

Slasdot had karma, Kuro5hin had mojo.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by SuperGent »

sporkologist wrote: post #42
dgritsko wrote: post #3

A couple of years back, it was announced that the trailer for one of the new Star Wars movies would debut during halftime of Monday Night Football. There's always a rush to post stuff like links to new movie trailers "first" on Reddit, so as to get the most fake internet points. I guessed that the trailer would probably get added to the Star Wars YouTube page at around the same time it aired on TV, so I wrote a scrip…

Are HN karma points fake too? I hope not

I think that they are a measure of how much you participate in the community here. I've been a member for 6 years, but as I usually lurk, my karma is low. I don't use karma as a measure of other posters but I can see why the management locks certain features for those with higher points.

Re: I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

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Post by xondono »

jungletime wrote: post #84
xondono wrote: post #80

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> For probably under 1k. 1. Fly out to Anchorage, Alaska You are greatly underestimating that cost

I drove by car and camped along the way. Definitely don't stay in hotels in Alaska, if you're not rich. Its crazy expensive (like $400/night for Holiday Inn) The way to do it cheaply is to fly in late June/July and camp in Denali park. The weather is warm enough for camping and its fantastic. I actually feel camping is the best way to do it! Assuming you already own camping gear. And can pack some food. Here's how it…

Thank you for the detailed info, but at this point you could have started your list by:

1- Live close to Alaska.

I could try driving there, but the Bering strait might be an obstacle.

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