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I'm not a fan of the tone either, and I don't think the author did themselves any favors by comparing taking about academic papers early on, because this is ver
by darkerside 5y ago
I'm not a fan of the tone either, and I don't think the author did themselves any favors by comparing taking about academic papers early on, because this is very much not one.
I still think you're missing the forest for the trees here. Your counterpoints are not wrong, but disagreeing with three sentences in the post and deciding that invalidates the whole thing is even worse than what you are saying the author did.
- pksebben 5y agoI'm kind of with WA; I think they're just being terse. The basic assumptions that underpin this whole concept are fundamentally broken. upvotes != market value market value != value votes are very gameable It's also inviting dismissiveness to be dismissive of the algorithm that created one of the largest and most successful companies in the world, because it's dismissive.
- darkerside 5y agoI didn't find it to be dismissive of PageRank as an innovative at the time, but I think it's fair to say it has not been thoroughly gamed out. Saying we shouldn't do this because it will eventually also be gamed doesn't seem like a strong argument to me. I do think people generally upvote things they find valuable. I'm curious what the disconnect is there.