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10 pointsbenologist7 comments

Gaming the system, well done. The reason this works is that there is no punishment for stories that no one cares about.

You could literally submit the internet as it was created to HN and all you get are points.

You also get banned.

Apparently not.

Is it right to assume that you are a mod based on the fact that you have no down arrow?

edit: Ah, thanks benologist :)

You can't downvote direct replies to yourself.

And the consequence of that is that the "new" page is less and less interesting.

Perhaps submissions should indeed have a "karma cost". Perhaps only if you submit more than once a month or so.