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So, some form of elitism? Any specific explanation for ignoring 12 years of newer accounts? To me that’s potentially a whole generation of new engineers’ comme
by sebastien_b 6y ago
So, some form of elitism?
Any specific explanation for ignoring 12 years of newer accounts? To me that’s potentially a whole generation of new engineers’ comments/questions/insights that are being ignored, again for no discernable reason.
If there was a spam problem (or similar) I could understand, but this just seems arbitrary.
Again I would just want to understand the reasoning for it, as it could be legitimate.
- exdsq 6y ago/classic is 12 years old too - pg set it up to see how the front page differed based on 1 year old accounts and all accounts.
- crazypython 6y agoAgreed, it should count votes from high-karma new individuals.
- tomhoward 6y agoIt was a quick experiment in 2009, and soon forgotten by most. It's not linked from anywhere in the site's UI. It doesn't seem intended to be used anymore, and seems to exist as a historical artefact. Certainly nothing for people to be offended by.
- sebastien_b 6y agoWas there any discussion about that experiment at the time? Again, mostly curious as to the reasoning, as this kind of thing would tend to go against fostering a community, which is what the idea behind HN seems to be.
- tomhoward 6y agoThere was this discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=607271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=607271 Nobody seemed to have a problem with it, and quite clearly the community has grown a lot since then.