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tedmiston on Nov 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How We Make Money at Stack Overflow

> and upvotes give points to all significant contributors (+5 or +1 depending on size of contribution), not just the author

That's interesting. I wasn't aware of the trickle down karma like that.

Ajedi32 on Nov 15, 2016 [–]

Keep in mind that's for [Documentation][1], not Q&A (which is what most people think of when they think of StackOverflow).

[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/documentation

tedmiston on Nov 15, 2016 | [–]

Ahh, whoops, you're right about doc karma [1].

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/help/whats-reputation

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