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The web app behind PH is trivial. You still need a human to curate and build hype around the thing, and therein lies the problem. PH is rigged because Silicon V
by nipponese 11y ago
The web app behind PH is trivial. You still need a human to curate and build hype around the thing, and therein lies the problem. PH is rigged because Silicon Valley is rigged.
- l33tbro 11y agoReally? I think the Reddit model works pretty well. It's based on (as far we know) organic upvotes from users. It's also engineered so it makes it very difficult to game with upvote brigades and such.
- krapp 11y agoThat's a decent argument for just building a subreddit.
- pcr0 11y agoReddit model works due to the size of Reddit's user base, and mostly on the larger subs. If you look at smaller subs, you can find examples of astroturfing and vote brigading. But in those cases, looking at the poster's history and then reporting them to mods is a pretty good (albeit manual) solution. I think Reddit-PH would still stand a better chance since it discourages anonymity and participation for non-established users.
- baudehlo 11y agoBut there's practically zero popular reddit's that are ok with people promoting their own products.
- aagha 11y agoWhat about /r/startup and /r/startups?
- tedmiston 11y ago> It's also engineered so it makes it very difficult to game with upvote brigades and such. Besides shadow banning, do you know what exactly Reddit does to make it difficult to game? I'd like to understand this better.
- minimaxir 11y agoVote brigading detection, and the presence of submission downvotes which will correct any submission that really does not deserve to be at the top.
- guinness74 11y agoI don't know the politics of Silicon Valley well enough to say whether or not PH is rigged, but I agree the challenge is cultivating the community, not developing the software. I would be interested in developing the app, but it's putting the cart before the horse.