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This is a good point I'd never considered before. The better your search, the more people will try to game it, the worse your results will get.
by new_guy 5y ago
This is a good point I'd never considered before. The better your search, the more people will try to game it, the worse your results will get.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agoyes, however there is an element of real feedback: if an subreddit turns out to be garbage, then people will choose a different subreddit with a different moderation policy. It is possible to prioritize by number of point or by some dynamics over the popularity of an subreddit - that would incorporate this feedback.
- kibwen 5y agoYou (and the OP) are echoing Goodhart's Law, which describes one of the reasons that I've lost faith in the wisdom of markets.
- charcircuit 5y agoI've seen people game bad search engines just the same.