It’s a signalling problem, a 31 day old pseudonymous account is pretty always going to enjoy vastly less credibility than say a 10 year old account with hundreds of thousand of karma.
If the latter wrote the above comment, nobody would question if the real intention was farming for this or that, since it would make practically no difference for the account holder or the passing reader.
Stupid/naïve question is there even a business model for karma farming in HN?
I get that twitter/reddit/YT/insta/TT is relevant for product placement, stealth marketing, political PR, propaganda etc. But is there economic value in HN accounts?
Other than the occasional YC startup pitch most of the content here is for the purpose of sharing info/tech discussion.
Am I missing something? Or are people just online 'community' jaded?
You should always be suspicious of anything that you have not experienced yourself.
I used to care about HN karma a lot before spiritual awakening. Had 2 accounts with 2000+ karma before. It was one of those things that helped in building a grand ego for myself.
Now I just prefer to post from randomly created HN accounts.
You can probably come back a few months later and see this account to be no longer active.
If the latter wrote the above comment, nobody would question if the real intention was farming for this or that, since it would make practically no difference for the account holder or the passing reader.