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Doesn't that just cause a massive filter bubble effect?

• dorian-graph 7y ago
  I’m a somewhat regular user over there and I regularly see a healthy debate/differing views
• ColinWright 7y ago
  That's the flip side, and part of the reason research on the question is active, ongoing, and occasionally contentious. It's a choice to make, and a mechanism to employ. One alternative is the HN model wherein everyone can contribute and you have no idea of their experience, expertise, or trustworthiness. It's a choice, and it has consequences. One thing I'd like to see added to HN is the ability for me to assign trustworthiness scores to other users, and then filter based on that. There are people here who I've come to know will provide value, even if their views are unpalatable, and their karma is low. There are others who have reasonably high karma, and yet who I know add little of value (for me!) to conversations. Again, that would risk a filter-bubble, but it would reduce the number of comments I need to wade through before getting to those of value -- all from my personal view, of course, and your judgements would be different.