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A lot of very weird vote brigading happening in this thread.
by beaned 4y ago
A lot of very weird vote brigading happening in this thread.
- zarathustreal 4y agoGet on in here, the echo's fine!
- ClearAsIce 4y agoHackerNews is NOT turning into Reddit (saying such a thing breaks the site guidelines). However I think it's OK to say that any topic about Elon Musk on HackerNews always descends into cringe / misinformation / le spaceship man bad / populism / repetitive memes; all fed by people who apparently source their news from /r/politics and r/whitepeopletwitter on Reddit and Business Insider bottom-tier clickbait media.
- stouset 4y agoIt's not weird at all. Posts pushing baseless and debunked conspiracy theories[1] are getting downvoted into oblivion. Posts with highly questionable takes[2, 3] are also seeing the same. Even perspectives that tend to agree with the general HN consensus but are overly antagonistic[4] are receiving this treatment. The system is working as intended. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33986398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33986398 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985551 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985732 [4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33985784