Ask HN: Why do posts start with 1 point?

3 pointsmangeletti9y ago2 comments

I've always been curious about whether this was to inspire a positive feeling, or if there was some other reason.

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bemmu9y ago· 1 in thread

This way you don't need to decide whether to upvote your own post, because you already did by default.

...yet it doesn't count against your karma. Starting from zero would make more sense for a true hacker.

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