I feel ever so slightly ripped off :-)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21760768

It happens! Sorry. We do plan to do something eventually to share karma with earlier submissons. In the meantime it's a bit of a lottery, but it does even out in the long run if you keep submitting good stories.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

No worries. The smiley was meant to convey the fact that I was simply being cheeky. :-)

Edit: just happy to see it get traction.