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It reminds me of Cory docotorow's comment of something like 'there are 5 social media sites and everything is just copied from one another' HN isn't immune eit
by mystraline 2y ago
It reminds me of Cory docotorow's comment of something like 'there are 5 social media sites and everything is just copied from one another'
HN isn't immune either, given that karma provides 'rights to punish views and accounts' (downvoting). And it makes a great strategy to make a whole lot of socks with 520 karma, and selectively kill comments and stories you don't want.
- actuallyalys 2y agoI’m sure sock puppets and voting rings play a role, but “this link was interesting to a bunch of people on sites with some overlap in interests and demographics” seems a simpler and better explanation.