<i>Some headline numbers: I&#x27;ve been on Hacker News for well over 5 years (I joined on July 2, 2007)</i><p>Ha! when I wrote that it was 5 years... now it&#x27;s &gt; 8 years. I think the same conclusion still applies: <i>&quot;So, to answer my original question about how I ended up with that much karma: slowly, consistently, over years by submitting things that people like.&quot;</i>