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Is no one commenting for fear of being harassed?

ericol 4y ago
In my experience (And observations), depending on _interest_ posts start gathering comments after at least the hour mark. This post right now is 25 mins old, although its' weird that it's so high in the front page (Probably a slow Saturday)
- barefeg 4y ago
  Off topic and probably the wrong place to ask, but how are the posts ranked? I have also seen posts that are very high but with little to no comments
  - wlesieutre 4y ago
    From the FAQ: How are stories ranked? The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way. Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action.
    - andrewflnr 4y ago
      Indeed, the "overheated discussions" factor probably downgrades (ed: rather, tends to downgrade) heavily-commented stories, not the other way around. I for one tend to regard a high upvote/comment ratio as a positive sign about a story.
      - dspillett 4y ago
        Measures of “overheated discussion” probably can't distinguish easily between matters that are purely divisive and those that are genuinely complex/interesting/ground-breaking/surprising/etc (so deserving of that much of people's time). Whether punishing based on this measure for this reason is beneficial overall or not is a divisive discussion in its own right!
        andrewflnr 4y ago
        Not easily, no, but I think a very fast reply frequency, especially between lots of pairs of two people, is more indicative of heat than light. :) (who knows, maybe the algorithm will think that about this reply) Genuinely interesting topics probably require more time to write worthwhile comments on, and draw in more people. (To be clear, I'm not implying nor do I think that HN uses raw comment-count as a signal of overheating, just expressing my surprise at the previous poster's surprise at seeing high-ranked stories with few comments, since the correlation should run the other way if at all.)
lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Well I was but now you mentioned it ... :-) I just think it's sad, and one of the many things we need to think about to fix FOSS, because FOSS will save us :-)
xwdv 4y ago
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- 8jy89hui 4y ago
  This is unacceptable. Please don’t say such hateful things on hacker news. It really brings the whole site down.
  - throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
    no it doesn't, these things get flagged in minutes and only the people with showdead get to appreciate these
paganel 4y ago
I have no affiliation with the ReactOS project but I honestly think that the doxxing could and should have been avoided (assuming the name included in the title is a person's real name). It probably also goes against some HN rules, but I may be wrong on that.
- zacharyvoase 4y ago
  Posting the name of a harasser is not doxxing.
  - serf 4y ago
    that's a handy tool for doxxing, just claim some kind of ill-will and you're off the hook. (( no, it's still doxxing. ))
  - pifm_guy 4y ago
    Yes it is, especially if it's posted with no evidence backing up the claims. For all we know, this might be a private dispute between two people, and, if presented all the information, Bryan's side might be the side that sounds more reasonable...
    - dspillett 4y ago
      > with no evidence backing up the claims While the post fails to directly present evidence, and could be improved by doing so, given the nature of the complaint perhaps simply searching in the bug tracker and related forums would easily surface said evidence.
  - paganel 4y ago
    I was on HN when the Boston bombings happened, trust me, you don't want to let random people on the Internet doxx other people, no matter how smart or righteous the people doing the doxxing think they are.
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In my experience (And observations), depending on _interest_ posts start gathering comments after at least the hour mark. This post right now is 25 mins old, although its' weird that it's so high in the front page (Probably a slow Saturday)

barefeg 4y ago
Off topic and probably the wrong place to ask, but how are the posts ranked? I have also seen posts that are very high but with little to no comments
- wlesieutre 4y ago
  From the FAQ: How are stories ranked? The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way. Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action.
  - andrewflnr 4y ago
    Indeed, the "overheated discussions" factor probably downgrades (ed: rather, tends to downgrade) heavily-commented stories, not the other way around. I for one tend to regard a high upvote/comment ratio as a positive sign about a story.
    - dspillett 4y ago
      Measures of “overheated discussion” probably can't distinguish easily between matters that are purely divisive and those that are genuinely complex/interesting/ground-breaking/surprising/etc (so deserving of that much of people's time). Whether punishing based on this measure for this reason is beneficial overall or not is a divisive discussion in its own right!
      - andrewflnr 4y ago
        Not easily, no, but I think a very fast reply frequency, especially between lots of pairs of two people, is more indicative of heat than light. :) (who knows, maybe the algorithm will think that about this reply) Genuinely interesting topics probably require more time to write worthwhile comments on, and draw in more people. (To be clear, I'm not implying nor do I think that HN uses raw comment-count as a signal of overheating, just expressing my surprise at the previous poster's surprise at seeing high-ranked stories with few comments, since the correlation should run the other way if at all.)

lifeisstillgood 4y ago

Well I was but now you mentioned it ... :-) I just think it's sad, and one of the many things we need to think about to fix FOSS, because FOSS will save us :-)

xwdv 4y ago

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throwaway0x7E6 4y ago

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8jy89hui 4y ago
This is unacceptable. Please don’t say such hateful things on hacker news. It really brings the whole site down.
- throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
  no it doesn't, these things get flagged in minutes and only the people with showdead get to appreciate these

paganel 4y ago

I have no affiliation with the ReactOS project but I honestly think that the doxxing could and should have been avoided (assuming the name included in the title is a person's real name). It probably also goes against some HN rules, but I may be wrong on that.

zacharyvoase 4y ago
Posting the name of a harasser is not doxxing.
- serf 4y ago
  that's a handy tool for doxxing, just claim some kind of ill-will and you're off the hook. (( no, it's still doxxing. ))
- pifm_guy 4y ago
  Yes it is, especially if it's posted with no evidence backing up the claims. For all we know, this might be a private dispute between two people, and, if presented all the information, Bryan's side might be the side that sounds more reasonable...
  - dspillett 4y ago
    > with no evidence backing up the claims While the post fails to directly present evidence, and could be improved by doing so, given the nature of the complaint perhaps simply searching in the bug tracker and related forums would easily surface said evidence.
- paganel 4y ago
  I was on HN when the Boston bombings happened, trust me, you don't want to let random people on the Internet doxx other people, no matter how smart or righteous the people doing the doxxing think they are.
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