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I'd be more interested to see a list of users who have commented the most on the same articles as me. Seems like a better way to measure interests, even if it'
by benrbray 5y ago
I'd be more interested to see a list of users who have commented the most on the same articles as me. Seems like a better way to measure interests, even if it's indirect. Of course, this wouldn't distinguish between doppelgangers and evil twins >:)
- achow 5y agoComments are often reply to someone else's point on things which may not be related to the original post.
- benrbray 5y agoOne idea is to rank users more highly when their comment is closer to mine in the comment tree. Also to weight users more highly when we both comment on an article that has relatively few comments.
- jcims 5y agoSome of my favorite HN threads remind me of bubble tracks in old school particle colliders. Just stacks of tangents that are hilariously off-topic but somehow, at times, still interesting and even informative.
- qart 5y agoYep, my doppels all seem to have participated in topics and threads that I ignored. We seem to have never interacted with each other, and I don't seem to have voted any of their comments.