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Front page of news.yc: 3. How privatization increases inequality 4. Examples of How City Services Privatization Leads to Inequality Are Piling Up each with E

by tjic 10y ago

Front page of news.yc: 3. How privatization increases inequality 4. Examples of How City Services Privatization Leads to Inequality Are Piling Up each with EXACTLY 7 up-votes. Sock-puppets, or just a voting brigade?

merraksh 10y ago
I submitted the NextCity article after reading the article, but then decided to submit the report as well. I do think they can be read without redundancy, as the NC article is a bit easier. I'll leave it up to the mods to drop either, though for completeness that if one of them is drop it should be the NC one, not the original report. I don't know sock puppets or voting brigades in HN, but I would expect those who upvoted one to do the same to the other. They appeared next to each other in the /new page.
- DanielBMarkham 10y ago
  Meta comment. I'm not even sure this is the right place for it. I love things that are fascinating and make me think. Privitization and inequality are in that category. I don't like feeling that I'm being bullshitted. Two articles on the same politically-charged topic both at the top of HN is whack. I do not want to be on the end of somebody's PR funnel. Not your fault, I know. Just please post some more Erlang innards stories between the "Evidence continues to validate this thing I know you guys aren't going to agree on" stories.
  - merraksh 10y ago
    I already said why I posted both. There have been lots of duos and trios of related and equally oriented articles on HN top30 before. Feel free to channel your frustration directly to the PR funnel you mention. Just please post some more Erlang innards stories between the "Evidence continues to validate this thing I know you guys aren't going to agree on" stories. Not knowing a single bit of Erlang, I will post stuff that I believe _some_ HN folks will be interested in. If you want to see more Erlang innards stories, post them.

by tjic 10y ago

merraksh 10y ago

I submitted the NextCity article after reading the article, but then decided to submit the report as well. I do think they can be read without redundancy, as the NC article is a bit easier. I'll leave it up to the mods to drop either, though for completeness that if one of them is drop it should be the NC one, not the original report. I don't know sock puppets or voting brigades in HN, but I would expect those who upvoted one to do the same to the other. They appeared next to each other in the /new page.

DanielBMarkham 10y ago
Meta comment. I'm not even sure this is the right place for it. I love things that are fascinating and make me think. Privitization and inequality are in that category. I don't like feeling that I'm being bullshitted. Two articles on the same politically-charged topic both at the top of HN is whack. I do not want to be on the end of somebody's PR funnel. Not your fault, I know. Just please post some more Erlang innards stories between the "Evidence continues to validate this thing I know you guys aren't going to agree on" stories.
- merraksh 10y ago
  I already said why I posted both. There have been lots of duos and trios of related and equally oriented articles on HN top30 before. Feel free to channel your frustration directly to the PR funnel you mention. Just please post some more Erlang innards stories between the "Evidence continues to validate this thing I know you guys aren't going to agree on" stories. Not knowing a single bit of Erlang, I will post stuff that I believe _some_ HN folks will be interested in. If you want to see more Erlang innards stories, post them.