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Maybe, but they have lower karma on Hacker News.
by llovan 10y ago
Maybe, but they have lower karma on Hacker News.
- rch 10y agoInteresting observation, do you have a source for that?
- llovan 10y agoWell, just anecdotally, blunt or angry contrarian responses seem to be downvoted in most online communities.
- et-al 10y agoThe key there is "contrarian". If I posted an angry, but seemingly well-supported rant aligned with the sentiment of a particular group, people will probably upvote/reblog it (see: Trump).
- throwaway13337 10y agoWell I don't know about hacker news, but there is a study that says anger is the most viral feeling in social media, e.g. twitter. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2402v1.pdf http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2402v1.pdf