Ask YC: I am going to kill my HN account, can I give my karma to someone else?

4 pointsstarkfist6 comments

I'm assuming no, but maybe distributing karma after you leave might be an interesting thing to think about.

I'd imagine that people who'd arguably "deserve" it more don't care about it since they already have a ton of it.

Just point news.ycombinator.com to 127.0.0.1 on your hosts or something.

Why are you deleting your account?

Because of the latest internet addiction article, and the one about what's on the top of your mind. Too many times I've found myself thinking about hacker news discussions when I'm away from my computer. And, I've been using Hacker News too much when I should be doing something more productive.

Oh, I thought it was because HN had become ... a little limp over the last year.

That's very melodramatic of you. Just don't visit as often, get some discipline to work on your own things and thoughts and you'll be fine. No account deletion necessary.

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