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>>Imusta+(OP)
There's something about the numbers I can't figure out. Look at the top three HN contributors by karma[1]:

      username    words       karma
  1.  tptacek     4,310,896   416351
  2.  jacquesm    3,841,209   237961
  3.  ingve       2,273       215283

How did ingve get to #3 with just 2 thousand words, whereas tptacek and jacquesm authored 3-4 million words? Looking at his 14-year history, it's true that he hasn't written that much. I suppose one possibility is that his writing is 1000x better at earning karma. But I'm going to hazard a guess that it's the quality of his 3-4 submissions per day that brings up his karma when one of his submissions is a hit (I think that submissions do count toward karma).

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders

>>myster+oia
Could it be that ingve has submitted a lot of links, but has not made that many comments?

>>sothat+2ja
I believe Karma solely comes from upvotes for comments minus downvotes. Submissions don't count.

>>exagol+Aja
Have a look at your submissions, they brought you karma. <https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=exagolo>

Although nothing is crystal clear, the karma system is not 1:1 for submissions.

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    Comment upvote +1
    Comment downvote -1
    Submission upvote >0 && <1 (not documented to prevent abuses)
    Submission downvote not possible (only flagging is allowed)

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