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I'll just point out that making this - or any other measure - into a vote, runs into the same problem that IMO is at the core of the overall "decline of HN" pro
by andywood 15y ago
I'll just point out that making this - or any other measure - into a vote, runs into the same problem that IMO is at the core of the overall "decline of HN" problem. Democratic decisions will tend to be compromised by the diluted community. In other words, I think it would be better if you either do what you think is best, or poll a group of users that you are familiar with and respect highly.
- Terretta 15y agoSocial influences kill the wisdom of the crowd: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/following-the-crowd-undermines-its-wisdom.ars http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/following-the-cr...
- pg 15y agoI didn't say I'd do whatever got the most votes.
- pasbesoin 15y agoAnd you waited a significant chunk of time before asking the question, despite numerous threads attempting to address it sooner.
- pasbesoin 15y agoTo clarify, I was attempting to describe my impression -- through this example -- that pg won't simply "follow the masses", if he disagrees with them or decides he wants a different result. I did not mean my comment as "why didn't you address this sooner?".
- agraddy 15y agoI'm curious; will you be looking at comment scores of comments in this thread to help make the decision? There have been a few times when I've been viewing comments in a thread and thought "I wish I was the admin of Hacker News so I could see how these comments are being scored."
- maxwell 15y agoCould hide the point totals on polls too, and just rank the choices by vote.
- stevenj 15y ago>or poll a group of users that you are familiar with and respect highly I'd be interested in seeing the results of a poll with just the top 100 users* participating. *http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders