I flagged your post because ‘karma whoring’ [0] (aka attention whoring) is one of the roots of evil on all social media. If you read the HN guidelines [1] (which cover both submissions and comments), most of the positive qualities HN is trying to preserve/maximise are ones that karma-whoring subverts, and the negative qualities the guidelines are trying to minimise are those that karma-whoring amplifies. Please consider what you’re asking for and why.
I started exactly like this. I wanted to get more and more points as soon as possible; You would ask why ?
I wanted to appear smarter than I actually am :(
One of the reasons was to fill the void of me not being able to socialize. Eventually as time progressed, I stopped caring about these fictitious karma points and use this place to improve my self.
I think it is not bad to want more karma, IMHO, the thing that matters is how does one gets there.
This may not be something that helps you immediately, but I feel, if you stick around enough; karma will follow :)
I haven't started a single thread. People just beat me to everything, but that's OK with me. I share the links on another platform where people don't read HN. ;-)
But I try to make comments that are helpful to others, based on my long experience, a lifetime of reading, and interesting hobbies. Sharing is caring, though I'll now and then go off on a rant about some vile behavior.
You'd be surprised what registers with people. I got a lot of follow-ups when I commented on optics and photography. Nice.
But I am not in it for the points. I don't even know what to do with them. Just to be in good company, find a wealth of information (I hit the "new" link ) and maybe contact some neat people.
phs318u|2 years ago
[0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Karma%20Whor...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mfrw|2 years ago
I wanted to appear smarter than I actually am :(
One of the reasons was to fill the void of me not being able to socialize. Eventually as time progressed, I stopped caring about these fictitious karma points and use this place to improve my self.
I think it is not bad to want more karma, IMHO, the thing that matters is how does one gets there.
This may not be something that helps you immediately, but I feel, if you stick around enough; karma will follow :)
Good Luck!
k310|2 years ago
But I try to make comments that are helpful to others, based on my long experience, a lifetime of reading, and interesting hobbies. Sharing is caring, though I'll now and then go off on a rant about some vile behavior.
You'd be surprised what registers with people. I got a lot of follow-ups when I commented on optics and photography. Nice.
But I am not in it for the points. I don't even know what to do with them. Just to be in good company, find a wealth of information (I hit the "new" link ) and maybe contact some neat people.
bradley13|2 years ago
Anyway, write thoughtful comments, not clickbait, and it will slowly rise.
anonymousd3vil|2 years ago
jrflowers|2 years ago