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Haha no way. My highest rated posts have all been some vapid feel-good thing that I posted shortly after an article was submitted to HN. My detailed explanati
by Xcelerate 10y ago
Haha no way. My highest rated posts have all been some vapid feel-good thing that I posted shortly after an article was submitted to HN. My detailed explanations that link to studies rarely get more than 10 points (same phenomenon occurs on Quora as well actually...)
- 3131s 10y agoI always wonder how much these factors affect a comment's score: * Proximity to the top of the page * Time of day posted * Number of sibling comments and the score of those comments On reddit, for example, it seems impossible to get noticed once there are already a few highly-upvoted replies to the comment you're replying to.
- fudged71 10y agoI've been kicking myself that I didn't take sociology in university to study conversational dynamics on threaded internet forums. It continues to fascinate me