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The other thing that strikes me as odd is that, while his original article has enough points to stick to the front page, all of his comments here in defense of
by jpeterson 18y ago
The other thing that strikes me as odd is that, while his original article has enough points to stick to the front page, all of his comments here in defense of the article's points have been downvoted into oblivion.
- Hexstream 18y agoIt's not odd at all, it's because of the dichotomy of being able to downvote comments but not stories. So a story that 20 people love and 30 people hate gets 20 points while a comment with the same demographics gets -10. This system encourages stories that generate strong emotions even if disapproval is strong.
- jpeterson 18y agoAnother way to read that is it encourages sock puppet story upvoting.