Does karma affect what you write?
rsheridan6: Sort of.  I don't make smartass reddit or Digg-style comments here because they seem not to be appreciated.  But if you say something relevant and interesting at a website like HN, reddit, or Digg, and you get downmodded, that either means that you were wrong or that the site is full of idiots and you shouldn't be wasting your time there.  Either way it's just as well to know about it.