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I wonder what the second order effects of this on the HN karma system will be. It'll create a graph of karmic supernodes perhaps. Say I green-blob someone with

I wonder what the second order effects of this on the HN karma system will be. It'll create a graph of karmic supernodes perhaps. Say I green-blob someone with a big reputation here, say jacquesm; no doubt lots of other people will do the same. The friends-of-friends icon is going to appear widely but it'll all be a single edge away from Jacques' node. Is that much of a signal? I dunno. That's 30 seconds of thought about it. It's a fun idea though so I'll try it. Version two: hide foes? Come to think of it, maybe the 'foe' aspect is the fun part... EDIT: it's like I summoned him.

drcongo 7mo ago
everybody loves jacquesm
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cousinbryce 7mo ago
Pagerank
cpeterso 7mo ago
> Version two: hide foes? That's a good idea. Here's my bad idea: the extension auto downvotes foes and auto upvotes friends. :)
- verdverm 7mo ago
  automations get your account in trouble, it's against the rules
  - grepfru_it 7mo ago
    It already happens today
bigbadfeline 7mo ago
> I wonder what the second order effects of this on the HN karma system will be My first thought was this replacement of the HN karma system would make it a lot like FB and Xitter - a collection of disjoint echo chambers. My second thought was the same, then I stopped thinking about it.
sdwr 7mo ago
It's not bi-directional. When you friend jacques, you see people who he has friended as FoaF, not people who have friended him. It's a curator-style system, not a direct popularity one.