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Also please upvote both discussions asap to prevent moderation hi-jacking. It smell like an organized group of interest keep dowvoting theses threads to bury it

Also please upvote both discussions asap to prevent moderation hi-jacking. It smell like an organized group of interest keep dowvoting theses threads to bury it and prevent adversarial discussion. Would be nice if someone that can analyse the log could do a study about that. Because this isn’t the first time I have this hunch about a crypto oriented thread. PS: Sorry for non-sense about downvote. See below for more.

paulgb 9y ago
Bitcoin price posts in both directions are often removed from the main page for not being newsworthy and attracting uncivil discussion, I highly doubt there is any organized conspiracy.
- Twisell 9y ago
  That a thread that generate a small amount of reactions got trashed fast is perfectly normal. But I don’t understand why recent adversial discussions with a lot of comment can never sustain more than a few hour while some, pro bitcoin thread seems to last longer. Again, it’s just a hunch, would be nice to review the log to see if I suffer cognitive bias or if my hunch is somewhat justified. I would be delighted by a « Show HN » that prove how wrong I am. PS : Sorry i didn’t get HN internal right (no downvote). So maybe studying if there is a bias toward more flagging of counterpoint on bitcoin would me more appropriate.
  - paulgb 9y ago
    My bias is not pro-bitcoin, but I personally haven't noticed pro-bitcoin posts lasting longer than anti-bitcoin posts, I think it has more to do with whether they have substance. Price events are newsworthy, but just like political events, newsworthiness doesn't they fit the scope of HN. (I'm not the one down-voting you by the way)
koolba 9y ago
You can't downvote post on HN, only comments. What you're seeing is people flagging Bitcoin related posts because they have no substance. "X moved Y% in the past Z hours" with no actual news or commentary behind it isn't a story worth discussion when it happens every couple days.

paulgb 9y ago

Bitcoin price posts in both directions are often removed from the main page for not being newsworthy and attracting uncivil discussion, I highly doubt there is any organized conspiracy.

Twisell 9y ago
That a thread that generate a small amount of reactions got trashed fast is perfectly normal. But I don’t understand why recent adversial discussions with a lot of comment can never sustain more than a few hour while some, pro bitcoin thread seems to last longer. Again, it’s just a hunch, would be nice to review the log to see if I suffer cognitive bias or if my hunch is somewhat justified. I would be delighted by a « Show HN » that prove how wrong I am. PS : Sorry i didn’t get HN internal right (no downvote). So maybe studying if there is a bias toward more flagging of counterpoint on bitcoin would me more appropriate.
- paulgb 9y ago
  My bias is not pro-bitcoin, but I personally haven't noticed pro-bitcoin posts lasting longer than anti-bitcoin posts, I think it has more to do with whether they have substance. Price events are newsworthy, but just like political events, newsworthiness doesn't they fit the scope of HN. (I'm not the one down-voting you by the way)

koolba 9y ago

You can't downvote post on HN, only comments. What you're seeing is people flagging Bitcoin related posts because they have no substance. "X moved Y% in the past Z hours" with no actual news or commentary behind it isn't a story worth discussion when it happens every couple days.