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Having built: https://hnprofile.com https://hnprofile.com Where it indexes and process all comments on HN in real-time, I've done a lot of analysis. I'd argue
by lettergram 8y ago
Having built: https://hnprofile.com https://hnprofile.com
Where it indexes and process all comments on HN in real-time, I've done a lot of analysis.
I'd argue some of the most negative comments are not actually down voted. I've had very pleasant comments get down voted as well, and even comments swing from negative votes to positive.
I don't think this helps with any of those, or the poor comments you made. It's just karma management.
- CPLX 8y agoI typed in the word Brooklyn and my name didn't come up so I think your machine doesn't work very well.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoInteresting point. Can somebody make a map of how a given search engine hides/shadows topics? What would that look like? What blind spots are we creating for ourselves by this social dependency on search?
- lettergram 8y agoDepends on how much you discuss it. HN is just an example, places it works best are organizations with emails and slack. Basically tens or hundreds of emails a week. The top results for Brooklyn still contains people living or have lived there. Mostly it’s an expectation thing... you expect yourself to be there, that doesn’t mean the system hasn’t identified better people to contact about Brooklyn. perhaps the system identified that other people had greater “expertise” simply because there was a larger data set (or someone displayed more knowledge)
- Balgair 8y agoAside: What does 'mood' mean on your site?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> I'd argue some of the most negative comments are not actually down voted. Downvoting isn't intended to mark negative sentiment in the comment. It's intended to mark lack of value.