[Sirocco]

Hack News is a place I frequent to come across interesting subject matter. It is not a place to accrue accolades based on posted material. There are plenty of other communities to visit if you want to make a name for yourself.

[bmj]

I agree. While I note upvotes while I'm looking at the discussion threads, I rarely look at the leaderboards or a user's profile for upvote counts.

And if it wasn't for my own count next to my username, I likely wouldn't know how many upvotes I had.