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Who really cares that much about internet points?
by dbg31415 10y ago
Who really cares that much about internet points?
- dasil003 10y agoAnyone who cares about what's on the front page, which includes many people who aren't even logged in.
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- corysama 10y agoSpammers and similar people who want to abuse HN to artificially promote something.
- koolba 10y ago... Says the guy with only 162!
- dbg31415 10y agoI think down votes are toxic, just utterly useless as a signal. Why enable people to be petty? I think HN has a serious case of "we take ourselves too seriousky" -- there shouldn't be a penalty for making a joke on a website.
- koolba 10y agoI never said they're toxic. Heck I love them and probably use them as much as upvotes.
- geofft 10y agoStartups that get visitors if they're on the front page? Like there is a clear connection between "internet points", as you call them, and revenue.
- edoceo 10y agoI use applicants HN score, and comments as hiring factors.
- dcole2929 10y agoThat seems like a terrible idea. Unless you're hiring for a user facing role, one's personal opinions should have very little bearing on their hireablility. It's a number that literally means nothing. Hell you can get down voted for having perfectly logical contrary opinions (e.g. any thread involving politics, diversity or Microsoft). This is something you do if you're just are looking for people who think exactly the way you do. Personally I refuse to provide any company with material that can link back to my personal social sites. It's simply not worth it. I'm not going to sanitize my digital life for the purposes of getting hired. I don't even provide links to my github because people read too much into what is or isn't there trying to parse out some signal that doesn't actually exist.
- edoceo 10y agoI'm not asking anyone to sanitize. I look for folks who can clearly argue their point. It's the quality of the debate, not the value of the position
- koolba 10y agoIt's not though. If you're not arguing a pro-groupthink position you'll get down voted regardless of the quality of your commentary. See just about any politics related thread for an example of that. Note that only applies to subjective topics. If you're commenting about a purely technical topic then the voting system does seem to work more effectively.
- edoceo 10y agoTo be clear. If one candidate has an HN rank of 10 and another has a rank of 100 it doesn't automatically place them ahead. That would be stupid. Nor does having downvotes cause any automatic placement adjustment. I review their comments manually to tell me about the person. It's a qualitative evaluation, not purely quantitative.