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I don't mind reposts now and then, since the odds of two people independently finding the same link interesting over time are pretty good, given the way things tend to circulate on social media and other aggregate platforms.

I also worry that HN is slowly turning into a karma farm like Reddit did. The point of reposting on HN just to build Internet Points escapes me,. At least on Reddit there was a market for accounts with high karma, so I guess I could see the motivation there. But here?

[MrGilbert]

I'd argue that people try it every now and then, only to realize that points on HN are worthless. It took me a good amount of years to get some points. I couldn’t care less, because I never saw the benefit.

Who knows? Maybe there is a hidden club somewhere where your HN karma will open doors.