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by bristleworm 2500 days ago
Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly; some votes are dropped to prevent abuse.

see: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
1 comments
anthay 2500 days ago
I see after your comment I've jumped to 52 points.

Usually, I write a short reply on some thread and although my post shows me "1 point by anthay" my karma doesn't change. I'm sure it used to.

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anthay 2500 days ago
Awesome, back to 51 points. Is it because I'm talking about karma and get automatically downvoted? I don't usually mention karma and yet still my little 1 point doesn't get added to my "score."
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muzani 2500 days ago
You'll normally get downvoted if you go against the guidelines. Quoting the related guideline:

"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."

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