Comment on What is Branch Prediction?parentComments−alexkus13yKarma whoring.−stephengillie13yI notice ralphchurch's name is green. That means recently registered, right?−jere13yI believe so. And they have posted 5 stackoverflow questions in 11 days.IIRC, this is called Power Leveling.−speeder13ythe funny thing is I tried this YESTERDAY even this same post, I wonder how he managed to post a duplicate...and I did it to test if it would work, and it did not worked, and now it worked.. :/now I guess that spamming SO does work after all.−pavanky13yThanks for asking the question. I noticed the color was different, but wasn't too sure which color it was because of my colorblindness..−mistercow13yDoes anybody actually care about karma on HN? If so, why?−aaron69513ySame reason as why we want money? We see it as a proxy for power.Why do people want power? Evolutionary reasons.Probably for men we see it as a way to reproduce a lot for women it's probably seen as a way to ensure their children are successful and reproduce.It gets a bit depressing if you think about it to much. Just enjoy life and accept things.−mistercow13yBut we don't just see money as a proxy for power. It is the closest proxy for power there is. HN karma, on the other hand, is barely a proxy for power at all.−DanBC13yPosting SO questions is a double whammy because you level up HN karma and you snag some SO badges as well.−mattbillenstein13yNailed it.
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Karma whoring.
I notice ralphchurch's name is green. That means recently registered, right?
I believe so. And they have posted 5 stackoverflow questions in 11 days.
IIRC, this is called Power Leveling.
the funny thing is I tried this YESTERDAY even this same post, I wonder how he managed to post a duplicate...
and I did it to test if it would work, and it did not worked, and now it worked.. :/
now I guess that spamming SO does work after all.
Thanks for asking the question. I noticed the color was different, but wasn't too sure which color it was because of my colorblindness..
Does anybody actually care about karma on HN? If so, why?
Same reason as why we want money? We see it as a proxy for power.
Why do people want power? Evolutionary reasons.
Probably for men we see it as a way to reproduce a lot for women it's probably seen as a way to ensure their children are successful and reproduce.
It gets a bit depressing if you think about it to much. Just enjoy life and accept things.
But we don't just see money as a proxy for power. It is the closest proxy for power there is. HN karma, on the other hand, is barely a proxy for power at all.
Posting SO questions is a double whammy because you level up HN karma and you snag some SO badges as well.
Nailed it.