Hi Folks,<p>Why do all submissions start from score 1. I would imagine starting from 0 is the more traditional way of doing this. Also, the sumbitter/commenter never gets that score of 1 added to his/her karma. Is there a reason for this?
Philosophically I would imagine you would implicitly upvote your own submission, hence it makes sense to start at 1.<p>Alternatively, it could be seen as two transactions:<p>-1 posting an article costs 1 karma<p>+1 upvoting your own article costs 1 karma