Ask HN: How is karma calculated?
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We implemented a moderation feature code-named "redemption" that puts a user's karma back at 1 when it got blasted by downvotes over something venial and they are clearly a good user otherwise.
We did this to try to compensate for some bad side-effects of the change we made earlier this year to count more downvotes than we used to. That was necessary and it worked, but like a lot of medicines, was not completely benign.
Our intention is for both of these things (the medicine and the compensating mechanism) to be temporary.
We did this to try to compensate for some bad side-effects of the change we made earlier this year to count more downvotes than we used to. That was necessary and it worked, but like a lot of medicines, was not completely benign.
Our intention is for both of these things (the medicine and the compensating mechanism) to be temporary.
Thank you, that makes a lot of sense!
I was sitting at -42 karma, over a dumb comment I made that was heavily downvoted. I posted a link today, that has not been upvoted at the time of this writing, and I'm now back at 1 karma.
How did this happen? How is karma calculated?