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Your description of Hacker News makes it sound like it's a single person with a uniformly consistent opinion. It isn't.
by blowski 8y ago
Your description of Hacker News makes it sound like it's a single person with a uniformly consistent opinion. It isn't.
- steve_taylor 8y agoIt’s a mob, reinforced by a system of rewards (upvotes), punishments (downvotes) and the politics of “karma”.
- busterarm 8y agoSome of us don't care so much about the karma. Reactions to my posts are either extremely polarized (one way or the other) or basically neutral. I've even gotten the occasional ban threat from dang when I say something particular unpopular. Occasionally there's still some worthwhile discussion that happens here.
- WilliamEdward 8y agoHis description makes it sound like a hivemind, which it is.