Ask HN: Why my karma point seems to be blocked?

4 points by andreacavagna 3 years ago | 9 comments

I've had some upvote and comment on my posts, but I see no results in Karma point.

This means that my account is somehow banned?

Every vote on a story does not give you karma. Its maybe 50%, and I think there are more complex rules, e.g. if someone usually upvotes your stories it doesn't count (I don't know this definitely, it's a theory explaining some observations).

For comments, I've never seen anything but a 1:1 relationship i.e. comment points - 1 = delta_karma. Sometime there are delays though, and sometimes when people upvote it doesn't change the comment score.

sp332 3 years ago |

You should email the Contact address at the bottom of the page here. It's a more reliable way to get admin attention.

PaulHoule 3 years ago |

Yeah, your account is hellbanned. I can't see the things you post, your profile, all of that ;-)

My impression lately is that some caching might be going on and that the karma count seems to sometimes lag behind votes.

andreacavagna 3 years ago | |

Yeah this looks weird. I've posted some Ask HN lately with many comments and impression, but there are not in the Ask Wallpost.

PaulHoule 3 years ago | | |

Many "Ask(s)" don't get there.

anonym29 3 years ago |

Is it possible you have older posts that got downvoted around the same time without you noticing?

andreacavagna 3 years ago | |

I really don't think so, because even now I see no changes

aurizon 3 years ago |

I gave you a test + ??

andreacavagna 3 years ago | |

nothing happens. I don't know why and this is sad because I really like the YCombinator community