TechEcho

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.

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

You didn't post any comments for 8 months.

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.<p>see: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html</a>

I am looking at this as the 51st ranked post on HN: that seems to be your sweet spot, just enjoy it. :)

Well, certainly don't post questions complaining about karma. Instead, post interesting non-duplicate content that people want to read, or make useful or insightful comments in discussions.

Why do you want more HN Karma points?

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