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I disagree. The forums that I used to use simply made the top shown comments/threads the most recent activity. The default HN view is clearly based on some al
by NikolaeVarius 6y ago
I disagree.
The forums that I used to use simply made the top shown comments/threads the most recent activity.
The default HN view is clearly based on some algorithm to calculate what is "worth" being on the front page. I read the high comment topics, and there is a ton of groupthink and pushing controversy.
This is also why the HN effect is even a concept. There are enough people here watching controversial topics to hug a modern website to death.
- dasil003 6y agoSure there is groupthink, we're mostly software engineers. But it's a relatively small group, uniform presentation visible to anyone, and very limited reach. Contrast with what's going on in Twitter and Facebook: many orders of magnitude more reach, and it's almost impossible to have any idea what people are seeing or saying in aggregate, and what the many small groupthink bubbles are.