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Yes I agree. I've found that the reddit system has a lot better chance of bubbling up interesting articles irrespective of who submitted it. Unfortunately, fro

Yes I agree. I've found that the reddit system has a lot better chance of bubbling up interesting articles irrespective of who submitted it. Unfortunately, from my experience, HN has become a bit of an echo chamber in the sense that certain posters have a lot better chance of having their articles noticed than the majority; irrespective of the relative value of the individual articles. I don't have data to support; but with the current system it feels like HN is increasingly pushing users into two extremes - new users (who have an extremely difficult time of getting anything noticed) and longterm posters (those who whatever they post gets noticed and promoted). Long-term this is not conducive to a healthy, growing community.

ThePinion 16y ago
"new users (who have an extremely difficult time of getting anything noticed) and longterm posters (those who whatever they post gets noticed and promoted). Long-term this is not conducive to a healthy, growing community." ^ Digg
Alex3917 16y ago
"an echo chamber in the sense that certain posters have a lot better chance of having their articles noticed" It's also an echo chamber in terms of ideas. Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and gets 450+ upvotes? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=648128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=648128
- jeebusroxors 16y ago
  Just throwing this out there... Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and gets 450+ upvotes? Because it was two years ago, and the link is to a landing page. Your implication that sexism is the cause is pathetic.
  - Alex3917 16y ago
    To clarify I don't think it's sexism per se, but rather the fact that she's non technical and not part of the tech community. I think if she had been a Ruby programmer and the design and content of the site had fit the norms of the HN community then it probably would have done just as well. (Adjusted for vote inflation.)

ThePinion 16y ago

"new users (who have an extremely difficult time of getting anything noticed) and longterm posters (those who whatever they post gets noticed and promoted). Long-term this is not conducive to a healthy, growing community." ^ Digg

Alex3917 16y ago

"an echo chamber in the sense that certain posters have a lot better chance of having their articles noticed" It's also an echo chamber in terms of ideas. Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and gets 450+ upvotes? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=648128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=648128

jeebusroxors 16y ago
Just throwing this out there... Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and gets 450+ upvotes? Because it was two years ago, and the link is to a landing page. Your implication that sexism is the cause is pathetic.
- Alex3917 16y ago
  To clarify I don't think it's sexism per se, but rather the fact that she's non technical and not part of the tech community. I think if she had been a Ruby programmer and the design and content of the site had fit the norms of the HN community then it probably would have done just as well. (Adjusted for vote inflation.)