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I think that's what they're all trying to do. The problem isn't the sorting system, it's the fact that a "good comment" can't be an objective thing in every pos
by alanbernstein 5y ago
I think that's what they're all trying to do. The problem isn't the sorting system, it's the fact that a "good comment" can't be an objective thing in every possible context.
- tux3 5y agoI feel like the error we have is in ranking down things that are uncertain. If it's a certainty, people will vote for it quite a lot more than if it isn't. That is a mistake. I want to look at factual posts that are new to me, but also non-obvious posts. We burry non obvious posts more easily than we should, today, I think. The current system on HN is not too bad, but it could do a slightly more subtler job of promoting ideas that take a little bit more effort before they seem obviously true, in retrospect. We're too quick to hide the subtle and the uncertain.