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No. Exactly like reddit, it awards people that have the most popular comments. Some people are more insightful than most, but its the exact same system as redd
by NikolaeVarius 7y ago
No. Exactly like reddit, it awards people that have the most popular comments.
Some people are more insightful than most, but its the exact same system as reddit
- saagarjha 7y agoWell, of course, that's tautologically true. The difference is that the most popular comments are more often to be insightful, and the people with the most karma have it because they post insightful things, rather than the type of comment I mentioned above. (Believe me, I would know if people were spamming those; there are only a handful of people that accumulate karma faster than I do, and they all do it "fairly".)
- Aeolun 7y agoHN suffers from fanboy’ism just as much, if not more, than elsewhere. Though I’ll admit there’s many more critical comments as well.
- saagarjha 7y agoI consider both kinds of comments to be low-quality, and yes Hacker News has both. But the really nice comments aren’t just straightforward praise or criticism.