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I'm definitely biased, but I say YC should have someone comb through the top ~100 upvoted submissions and pick the best 20 or so. Let those that get picked writ
by baron816 11y ago
I'm definitely biased, but I say YC should have someone comb through the top ~100 upvoted submissions and pick the best 20 or so. Let those that get picked write up a really solid short pitch, and then let everyone with a certain level of karma vote. That would allow real HN members a chance to seriously review submissions so that the best ones can be chosen.
I think it's possible to game the system as it is now. You can get your buddies to upvote you, submit at the right time, etc.
- brudgers 11y agoWhat I don't think can be gamed is the quality of the discussion. I mean even if someone sock puppets good "technical" questions in order to provide good "technical" answers, that just demonstrates there is depth behind the application. On the other hand, sock puppeteering "Awsome! +1" won't generate quality discussion.
- baron816 11y agoHow do you quantify quality discussion?
- iamthepieman 11y agoI think the whole point is to qualify the quantity not the other way around.
- cyphar 11y agoI don't know if you're serious, but I'll bite. "Quantify" == express or measure a quantity (thus having an objective measurement that can be compared with other quantitative measurements). GP's point was how to you create a measurement for "quality of discussion" that isn't subjective.
- iamthepieman 11y agoAnd my point was that the whole thing is subjective and the value is in the subjective quality of the discussion.
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