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This reminds me of Anthony Bourdain's visit to Venice and a local restaurant that only accepted being filmed if he didn't tell anyone the name or location of th

by goshx 8y ago

This reminds me of Anthony Bourdain's visit to Venice and a local restaurant that only accepted being filmed if he didn't tell anyone the name or location of the place. It can definitely kill the business. Off-topic question: how does a submission gets front page with just 3 points?

_jn 8y ago
That can happen when the votes all occur in short succession.
- dmix 8y ago
  And it won't last very long at all unless someone else boosts it.
- amoorthy 8y ago
  Fascinating. Are you certain of this or is this conjecture? Feels like this could be exploited if true. Maybe it's more sophisticated like votes must be from people with high karma points?
  - Fuzzwah 8y ago
    It can definitely be gamed. I always used to notice links to the nautilus science site would instantly get 6 or so upvotes. While pondering this was when I realised they were YC backed, and stopped wondering if they'd get called out on it....
gkoberger 8y ago
He did this quite often! "But on the other hand, that's kind of a destructive process because if I name the place - and I don't always when it's a place like that - I've changed it. The next time I go back, there's tourists. There's people who've seen it on the show. And then I might hear from the same person from that neighborhood say, you ruined my favorite bar, (laughter) you know? All the regular customers have run away and it's filled with, you know, tourists in ugly T-shirts and flip-flops. There are times that I have looked at the camera and said, look, I'm just not going to tell you where this place is. I don't want to change it. It should stay like this forever. I do do that now and again." https://www.npr.org/2017/10/20/558792269/anthony-bourdain-on-appetites-washing-dishes-and-the-food-he-still-wont-eat https://www.npr.org/2017/10/20/558792269/anthony-bourdain-on...

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This reminds me of Anthony Bourdain's visit to Venice and a local restaurant that only accepted being filmed if he didn't tell anyone the name or location of th

by goshx 8y ago

_jn 8y ago
That can happen when the votes all occur in short succession.
- dmix 8y ago
  And it won't last very long at all unless someone else boosts it.
- amoorthy 8y ago
  Fascinating. Are you certain of this or is this conjecture? Feels like this could be exploited if true. Maybe it's more sophisticated like votes must be from people with high karma points?
  - Fuzzwah 8y ago
    It can definitely be gamed. I always used to notice links to the nautilus science site would instantly get 6 or so upvotes. While pondering this was when I realised they were YC backed, and stopped wondering if they'd get called out on it....
gkoberger 8y ago
He did this quite often! "But on the other hand, that's kind of a destructive process because if I name the place - and I don't always when it's a place like that - I've changed it. The next time I go back, there's tourists. There's people who've seen it on the show. And then I might hear from the same person from that neighborhood say, you ruined my favorite bar, (laughter) you know? All the regular customers have run away and it's filled with, you know, tourists in ugly T-shirts and flip-flops. There are times that I have looked at the camera and said, look, I'm just not going to tell you where this place is. I don't want to change it. It should stay like this forever. I do do that now and again." https://www.npr.org/2017/10/20/558792269/anthony-bourdain-on-appetites-washing-dishes-and-the-food-he-still-wont-eat https://www.npr.org/2017/10/20/558792269/anthony-bourdain-on...