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They either optimize for sales (of something), ads, data mining, or something more ephemeral like "discourse control" or "discussion shifting". You're seeing t
by blaser-waffle 6y ago
They either optimize for sales (of something), ads, data mining, or something more ephemeral like "discourse control" or "discussion shifting".
You're seeing the latter two happening with reddit, probably other sites like tik tok.
- Spivak 6y agoI mean to a point these are good things, HN even has the "flame war" check where it take away the reply button for deeply nested threads.
- bschne 6y agoYes, but I'd argue that the "HN brand of discourse control" is more about keeping nasty impulsive human tendencies in check, like a forcing function preventing you from not thinking before you speak - while other kinds of "discourse control" actually reward exactly this sort of behavior