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"Anchoring is a powerful psychological weapon": http://upvotes.club/buy/hacker-news-comment/ http://upvotes.club/buy/hacker-news-comment/ "Why so expensive com

"Anchoring is a powerful psychological weapon": http://upvotes.club/buy/hacker-news-comment/ http://upvotes.club/buy/hacker-news-comment/ "Why so expensive compared to Reddit": http://upvotes.club/buying-hacker-news-growthhackers-upvotes-expensive-compared-reddit/ http://upvotes.club/buying-hacker-news-growthhackers-upvotes...

KirinDave 10y ago
Reddit's easier to game because the user's downvotes & upvotes received are much more powerful in their ranking there. HN's also more expensive because there is less demand.
- collapse 10y ago
  More expensive because there is less demand? Doesn't that usually go the other way?
  - echelon 10y ago
    I imagine there's less supply as well. Am I mistaken in thinking that they outsource to other people? (I'm having trouble loading their website due to the load.) Also, doesn't HN rank upvotes based on karma and account age? You can't downvote until reaching 500(?) and having your account for a certain duration of time.
    - projektir 10y ago
      > Also, doesn't HN rank upvotes based on karma and account age? You can't downvote until reaching 500(?) and having your account for a certain duration of time. That sounds about right. There seem to be some additional rules, too. For instance, there are certain comments I don't see a downvote button for, and I have no clue why.
      - jsnell 10y ago
        Comments older than a day can't be downvoted.
  - spooneybarger 10y ago
    If there is less demand then there are most likely fewer "quality" accounts that have been set up for HN which in turn, makes the account more valuable.
  - austenallred 10y ago
    I can create 100 accounts for Reddit and they'll be used 100x/month, or I can create 100 accounts for HN and they'll be used twice/month. Both take the same amount of time to create. Which should be more expensive?
    - FeatureRush 10y ago
      Wouldn't it rather depend on the value to the buyer? I mean as a general rule of operating businesses you try to pay production costs for things you need and price for customer value for things you sell?
      - austenallred 10y ago
        Well, both matter - it's a supply/demand curve. The seller here seems to be assuming that the demand is relatively inelastic, and the opportunity cost of the seller's time (which is apparently finite) needs to be factored in. So in essence what you have is a seller determining which type of the two accounts to make. He will not be able to re-use the HN accounts as much, and therefore he makes less per unit of time from them, and must charge more to make them worth his time.

KirinDave 10y ago

Reddit's easier to game because the user's downvotes & upvotes received are much more powerful in their ranking there. HN's also more expensive because there is less demand.

collapse 10y ago
More expensive because there is less demand? Doesn't that usually go the other way?
- echelon 10y ago
  I imagine there's less supply as well. Am I mistaken in thinking that they outsource to other people? (I'm having trouble loading their website due to the load.) Also, doesn't HN rank upvotes based on karma and account age? You can't downvote until reaching 500(?) and having your account for a certain duration of time.
  - projektir 10y ago
    > Also, doesn't HN rank upvotes based on karma and account age? You can't downvote until reaching 500(?) and having your account for a certain duration of time. That sounds about right. There seem to be some additional rules, too. For instance, there are certain comments I don't see a downvote button for, and I have no clue why.
    - jsnell 10y ago
      Comments older than a day can't be downvoted.
- spooneybarger 10y ago
  If there is less demand then there are most likely fewer "quality" accounts that have been set up for HN which in turn, makes the account more valuable.
- austenallred 10y ago
  I can create 100 accounts for Reddit and they'll be used 100x/month, or I can create 100 accounts for HN and they'll be used twice/month. Both take the same amount of time to create. Which should be more expensive?
  - FeatureRush 10y ago
    Wouldn't it rather depend on the value to the buyer? I mean as a general rule of operating businesses you try to pay production costs for things you need and price for customer value for things you sell?
    - austenallred 10y ago
      Well, both matter - it's a supply/demand curve. The seller here seems to be assuming that the demand is relatively inelastic, and the opportunity cost of the seller's time (which is apparently finite) needs to be factored in. So in essence what you have is a seller determining which type of the two accounts to make. He will not be able to re-use the HN accounts as much, and therefore he makes less per unit of time from them, and must charge more to make them worth his time.