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isn't this a less transparent version of the orange users experiment?
by nazgulnarsil 16y ago
isn't this a less transparent version of the orange users experiment?
- jacquesm 16y agoI think it isn't because it does not assign 'yellow stars' to users for being good boys, the sort order always was open to interpretation, if this one is less gameable than the previous one that would seem to be an improvement to me. The problem I perceive is that average score does not say much about a specific comment being non-productive, so someone with a high average score could toss in some complete junk and get it sorted to the top in spite of better comments by average under producers further below. I'd say that if it remains below the detection threshold it might be a net plus, if too many of such instances appear it might be a loss.
- JesseAldridge 16y agoThe problem with orange users was that it divided the community into two camps. This doesn't have the same issue.
- patio11 16y agoCloser to four -- "had orange" and "wanted orange" were independent booleans.
- nazgulnarsil 16y agoBut, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches Would brag, “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.” With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort “We’ll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!” And, whenever they met some, when they were out walking, They’d hike right on past them without even talking.
- tokenadult 16y agoorange users experiment Here is a link to the detailed thread about the experiment of putting user names of high-karma/comment users in orange, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=467181 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=467181 which as you'll see was a controversial experiment. (I post this link for the newer members of HN who weren't participating when the experiment was tried.)