I suppose if the goal was karma farming then to be complete you would first repost a highly ranked story and then you would repost the highest ranked comment on your repost. And presumably if the same people read it again and voted again then you would capture the most possible re-karma points :-)

Oddly, I didn't know this was a repost. I came across the article again, I knew I'd read it before, but hadn't recalled that it had been on HN. It was posted long enough ago that the duplicate-catcher didn't alert me.

While the karma was a pleasant addition to an otherwise rough day, my intent was simply to pass on a thoughtful article to people I hoped would enjoy it. Perhaps an exponential decay on reposts would prevent abuse?