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r/politics said it didn’t make much difference, but they left it that way anyhow. The feedback based ranking implicitly supports echo chambering, but there’s no
by stochastic_monk 9y ago
r/politics said it didn’t make much difference, but they left it that way anyhow.
The feedback based ranking implicitly supports echo chambering, but there’s not much of a way around that.
- dspillett 9y ago> but they left it that way anyhow If it makes little difference either way, perhaps they left it on to quiet those who would keep suggesting they try it even though they already have.
- paulmd 9y ago> The feedback based ranking implicitly supports echo chambering, but there’s not much of a way around that. Traditional topic-based forums are better, because you can't suppress unpopular-but-correct opinions by downvoting. Even if you don't care about Fake Internet Points (and the reason they exist is because we do, gamification works), if you state something that goes against the prevailing hivemind your opinion will literally be hidden unless users go out of their way to find them. (and yes, I browse HN with showdead=yes for the same reason)
- bhandziuk 9y agowhat does showdead do?
- paulmd 9y agoShows posts that have been flagged from mods, users, or shadowbanning and hidden from the normal display.
- CompanionCuuube 9y agoSame here. I read all of the gray comments, because it means the comment was something unpopular enough to downvote.