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It's also useful for recognizing how preconceived notions and biases influence upvoting behavior and by extension what gains visibility on the front page, furth
by jonas21 6y ago
It's also useful for recognizing how preconceived notions and biases influence upvoting behavior and by extension what gains visibility on the front page, further reinforcing those biases.
At the time I'm writing this, there are 740 upvotes and 187 comments on this story vs. 12 upvotes and 0 comments for the top submission when Chrome made the same change [1]. Without the FYI, I would have assumed this was Firefox leading the way in privacy because I was simply unaware that Chrome had done it.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24008516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24008516