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Because it invites people to game the system. There are plenty of free lists and they overlap significantly. I'm pretty sure their intersection is also very sim
by weinzierl 3y ago
Because it invites people to game the system. There are plenty of free lists and they overlap significantly. I'm pretty sure their intersection is also very similar to the core of the HN list.
- theultdev 3y ago> Because it invites people to game the system. Please elaborate, how would they game the list? They can already see if a submission is throttled/flagged/etc.
- idiotsecant 3y agoYou can do A/B tests to figure out what sorts of behaviors ride the line of triggering bans vs what kinds of behaviors result in an outright ban. It lets you optimize for just-trash-enough to not get banned, which is not a desirable end state for users.
- theultdev 3y agoThat's a decent point, but I'm not sure if it's outweighed by the ability for users to discuss and validate the disallowed sources.
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