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A virtually unknown HN users posts a blog posting from googles official blog and aces the previous #1 (and will probably go up a lot further still). So much for
by ErrantX 17y ago
A virtually unknown HN users posts a blog posting from googles official blog and aces the previous #1 (and will probably go up a lot further still).
So much for the theory that submissions get voted up to 'what they're worth'.
I'd say that is proof that who the poster is doesn't factor into how people are voting on a threads worth. I'd call dfranke's thread an exception to that rule.
(it depends on your feeling of worth; the HN hack was extremely impressive and clearly, locally, worth lots of votes and kudos. On the other hand the Google announcement is huge news for lots of the tech world :) )
- jacquesm 17y agoYes, but knowing about it was pretty much unavoidable. It is about as mainstream as it gets. Not that I didn't get a few valuable insights from the discussion here but still, HN is interesting because it has the other stuff, not the mainstream stuff. (or maybe both?)
- ErrantX 17y agoBoth I think. Most of the other commentary elsewhere about Google.cn has been mundane (or "OMG ROXXORS") :)
- robryan 17y agoThere are definatly a lot more people now, stuff of limited interest can pull 100 or more upvotes, I guess a better way to compare would be upvotes / active users. The graph should only count things that have reached at least 50 karma, or even maybe 100 recently.