[est31]

I have my account since end of 2018, and in the 4 and a half years since then I got 15k karma points, while I obtained the "first" 10k in the first two years on hn, and the 5k after that in the two and a half years after.

I think the 5k karma per year in 2019 and 2020 I got because I've commented on threads where upvoters are very upvote-happy: there are some topics where you get tons of upvotes, other topics you don't get many upvotes but instead have a high risk for downvotes, and many more where you don't get any votes at all.

Also the usual rules apply: if you are early in some thread that gets to remain on the main page, you can get some upvotes from having a high ranked comment there.

Anyways, I love this site and not for the karma but because you get to talk to people who know and/or did amazing things.