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There's a cohort here who impulsively downvote anything critical of the prez or a couple other such subjects. A small group is able to spoil the ranking determi
by wahnfrieden 10mo ago
There's a cohort here who impulsively downvote anything critical of the prez or a couple other such subjects. A small group is able to spoil the ranking determined by a much larger number of people upvoting.
Flags are weighted much more heavily than upvotes. So as long as there's a flag-happy minority cohort around, they have their way.
- jasonvorhe 10mo agoHappens as well for the opposite takes. (not an American, not pro-Trump)
- wahnfrieden 10mo agoShow me a highly upvoted one that was flagged out
- jasonvorhe 10mo agoI read dozens of HN threads per week. I'm not bookmarking this stuff. Believe it or not.