You need to get voted up. And a good way to get voted up is to say something wise or, better yet, funny. The more the better.

That means it pays to be a karma karma karma comedian.

Oh boy George, here we go again.

karma = saying what the news.yc community wants to hear. Slip one of a few keywords into the submission title and you're sorted.

If you simply received a karma point for making a submission or a comment, then I imagine we'd receive quite a bit more spam. Instead, we're all put on the spot to make valid contributions. This is great, however, there isn't really a forum for users to dispute the lack of merit when downmodding occurs. As far as I'm aware, no web community has that sort of democratic judicial arena for disputes, and it would be nice. Something to think about...

I don't think so. You get karma points when people vote you up.

just wondering - thanks!