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google: "elites meaning" "a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society." the people who downranked my co
by ushakov 5y ago
google: "elites meaning"
"a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society."
the people who downranked my comments, were indeed elites, because they're a select group of privileged users with the ability to downrank
- fold_left 5y agoElite like a Janitor? because only he can open the Office in the morning?
- ushakov 5y agothe power they have is that they can influence opinions millions visit HackerNews every day when those people see Fig ad here, first thing they do is check what the people are saying about it in the comment section now, imagine that instead of real feedback, you're mostly seeing cherry-picked comments praising the product it certainly shapes your opinion of the product and makes you more likely to try
- Brian_K_White 5y agoThat makes them merely select, like the janitor. People do commonly use elite as a pejorative stand in for select group, but elite still does mean in some way better or superior, and surely you don't mean to say they are superior in any way than position.
- FrenchDevRemote 5y agono elite like owning the building the janitor have some keys to