← Back to context Comment by dymk 1 hour ago What does “high karma” have to do with less emotionally driven voting behavior? 2 comments dymk Reply borski 44 minutes ago You acquire karma through posting things that are interesting or curious enough that others upvote them.Thus, you build reputation by acquiring karma.It isn’t perfect, but the fact that folks with higher karma can “fix” the emotional flags of folks with lower karma, it helps.Also, I’d recommend re-reading the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html dymk 25 minutes ago You just explained the mechanism by which the karma number goes up, not explained your theory why you think higher number means less emotional voting.
borski 44 minutes ago You acquire karma through posting things that are interesting or curious enough that others upvote them.Thus, you build reputation by acquiring karma.It isn’t perfect, but the fact that folks with higher karma can “fix” the emotional flags of folks with lower karma, it helps.Also, I’d recommend re-reading the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html dymk 25 minutes ago You just explained the mechanism by which the karma number goes up, not explained your theory why you think higher number means less emotional voting.
dymk 25 minutes ago You just explained the mechanism by which the karma number goes up, not explained your theory why you think higher number means less emotional voting.
You acquire karma through posting things that are interesting or curious enough that others upvote them.
Thus, you build reputation by acquiring karma.
It isn’t perfect, but the fact that folks with higher karma can “fix” the emotional flags of folks with lower karma, it helps.
Also, I’d recommend re-reading the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
You just explained the mechanism by which the karma number goes up, not explained your theory why you think higher number means less emotional voting.