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What stops Reddit from being gamed like this? How does the "reddit <search term>" trick on Google return good results in a way that isn't being gamed? I'm not
by seanwilson 4y ago
What stops Reddit from being gamed like this? How does the "reddit <search term>" trick on Google return good results in a way that isn't being gamed?
I'm not saying it's as simple as adding an up/down vote widget next to each Google search result, but what can Google do to compete with social sites here where social sites have a lot of rich signals about what users prefer? There's no way to weigh or moderate each up/down vote based on how reliable the source is? What stops Hacker News, Reddit and Slashdot being overrun with spam from bot votes?
- layer8 4y agoReddit isn’t a very attractive target, because there’s a continuous stream of new posts/threads, so much more ephemeral than the average web page, and because Reddit users are only a small minority compared to everyone who uses Google. Also, Reddit has moderators. It wouldn’t be practical for Google to moderate votes on search results, and the moderators would be much less motivated than for the subreddit they’re engaged with. A better comparison is Amazon search results and reviews, which are known to suffer from being gamed.