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Comment by gumby

4 years ago

I don’t think HN karma means anything but what causes you to lose half of it? I haven’t noticed it happening to me.

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thetrustworthy  4 years ago

I think what they mean is that if your post gets to the front-page via the second-chance pool and then gets 100 upvotes, your karma increases only by 50.

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