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Obviously there are holes in this, such as people scamming the up-vote clicking mechanisms I think you put your finger on it there. There are folks who have a
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Obviously there are holes in this, such as people scamming the up-vote clicking mechanisms
I think you put your finger on it there. There are folks who have a financial incentive for their pages to rank high. A "user-curated" system just opens up additional avenues for "spam and SEO content farms" to game the system.
- Skywing 16y agoYes, but apply the Wikipedia phenomenon here. With more users using it for good, perhaps it'd outweigh the bad? This, combined with actual measures to prevent abuse of the system.
- michael_dorfman 16y agoNope, sorry. There are users with a financial incentive to game the system. The "actual measures to prevent abuse" would have to be pretty damned sophisticated. Algorithmic, in fact. Which brings us full circle...
- Skywing 16y agoThen perhaps we could apply today's startup quote! When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts. - Larry Ellison