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When individual comments on Reddit or HN get voted up, they cease to be sample bias and become a reflection of the community's opinion. That's what these sites
by hashmap 10y ago
When individual comments on Reddit or HN get voted up, they cease to be sample bias and become a reflection of the community's opinion. That's what these sites do.
I guarantee you'd never see a comment like that voted up on r/2xc.
It's a clear indication of a problem with the community, and there's no way you don't see that...?
- dang 10y agoSorry I was late to seeing this. That's still sample bias: plenty of such comments also get downvoted, and plenty of opposite comments also get upvoted. Drawing general conclusions about the community in this way is projection.