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Here's something for you: HN has groupthink (er, I mean PG-branded Orthodox Privilege) in spades. If you agree with the Group (orthodoxy) you get upvotes and lo
by rexreed 6y ago
Here's something for you: HN has groupthink (er, I mean PG-branded Orthodox Privilege) in spades. If you agree with the Group (orthodoxy) you get upvotes and lots of kudos. If you don't, you get downvotes and criticism.
- non-entity 6y ago> If you don't, you get downvotes and criticism. Heh, if you're lucky. Often you get just the downvotes.
- skissane 6y agoThe incentives encourage people to downvote rather than criticise. If they post a critical response, they run the risk of being downvoted by those who disagree with that criticism. You can't get downvoted for a silent downvote.
- martinlaz 6y agoAwesome. So we can just scroll to the bottom and fish out some of the truths visitors from the future better be careful not to say.