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When I visited this thread 2h ago, the top subthread was negative. Definitely some kind of weird dynamic going on...
by vbuterin 5y ago
When I visited this thread 2h ago, the top subthread was negative.
Definitely some kind of weird dynamic going on...
- octopoc 5y agoThis might be because it's easier to write a quick putdown than a thoughtful comment, so the first comments tend to be the quick putdowns. Thankfully the more thoughtful comments rise to the top, but that takes time.
- dang 5y agoThat's exactly the contrarian dynamic—your description is spot on! It's an artifact of the commenting process, not a representative sample of the community, and it happens in many threads. Maybe most threads. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22contrarian%20dynamic%22%20objection%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...