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The growth factor also lends itself to a simple expansion of interests. More people mean more attention to a more diverse set of subjects. The Internet couldn'
by quadhome 16y ago
The growth factor also lends itself to a simple expansion of interests. More people mean more attention to a more diverse set of subjects.
The Internet couldn't have supported Wikipedia before the Endless September.
- chroma 16y agoWikipedia has to fight entropy as well. They have admins and other moderators who enforce policy about what users can do. Becoming an admin requires spending at least several months editing, and collecting enough friends to get you voted in. HN lets anyone join and submit/comment/upvote stuff right away. I know it would be a lot of work, but it would be nice to have a "filter all comments and submissions by people who joined after time X" feature. Or at least let me ignore specific users. Oh, and anything I flag should never again be seen by me.
- naradaellis 16y ago>> but it would be nice to have a "filter all comments and submissions by people who joined after time X" feature That's a bit much I think, very elitist.
- tspiteri 16y agoFiltering comments by people who joined after time X would have resulted in people not seeing your own comment, you being only 49 days hn-old.