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Ask HN: Why my karma point seems to be blocked?

by andreacavagna on 3/31/23, 1:16 PM with 9 comments

I've had some upvote and comment on my posts, but I see no results in Karma point.

This means that my account is somehow banned?

  • by version_five on 3/31/23, 1:35 PM

    Every vote on a story does not give you karma. Its maybe 50%, and I think there are more complex rules, e.g. if someone usually upvotes your stories it doesn't count (I don't know this definitely, it's a theory explaining some observations).

    For comments, I've never seen anything but a 1:1 relationship i.e. comment points - 1 = delta_karma. Sometime there are delays though, and sometimes when people upvote it doesn't change the comment score.

  • by sp332 on 3/31/23, 1:32 PM

    You should email the Contact address at the bottom of the page here. It's a more reliable way to get admin attention.

  • by PaulHoule on 3/31/23, 1:21 PM

    Yeah, your account is hellbanned. I can't see the things you post, your profile, all of that ;-)

    My impression lately is that some caching might be going on and that the karma count seems to sometimes lag behind votes.

  • by anonym29 on 3/31/23, 1:19 PM

    Is it possible you have older posts that got downvoted around the same time without you noticing?

  • by aurizon on 3/31/23, 1:18 PM

    I gave you a test + ??