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50 votes, posted 12 minutes ago. No comments. Find it hard to believe that many people discovered and read it that quick...
by wand3r 9y ago
50 votes, posted 12 minutes ago. No comments. Find it hard to believe that many people discovered and read it that quick...
- trustfundbaby 9y agoMaybe they had already read it then came here and saw it posted?
- chrshawkes 9y agoWelcome to Hacker News
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- tajen 9y agoMaybe people enjoy a bit of positivity about partially successful efforts towards diversity. It sometimes feels like all efforts towards it get little recognition and only more risks of being falsely accused. So when someone says something along the lines of "Some people are great, even males", it gets upvotes.
- rhcom2 9y agoWhile the other more critical post was [flagged] after maybe 15 minutes...
- cperciva 9y agoWas this posted somewhere else? I've seen instances where posts get onto the front page within 60 seconds because lots of people were submitting the same link. And once something's on the front page, it's easy to get 50 upvotes in 10 minutes.
- myth_drannon 9y agoMedium says it's 5 min read, so it's possible.
- bdcravens 9y agoNot sure if this is the case, but a lot of people do drive by upvoting/downvoting based on the title alone.
- jonny_eh 9y agoIt's not very long, it's pretty quick to read/skim over. People likely upvoted because they agreed with the sentiment, if not every single word.