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Under this definition, everything is gambling, including commenting on HN (will I get upvoted or downvoted?).
by stavros 7mo ago
Under this definition, everything is gambling, including commenting on HN (will I get upvoted or downvoted?).
- sirl1on 7mo agoEverything is modeled after gambling nowadays to nudge and gamify the user experience to a desired outcome
- stavros 7mo agoIf your definition of "gambling" is "things with uncertain outcome", then there's nothing in life that's not gambling.
- pocksuppet 7mo agoThere used to be forums without voting. It was discovered that forums with voting attract more engagement because of the emotions produced by the voting.
- BarryMilo 7mo agoIt also used to be that reddit comments were the epitome of quality in their time, much closer to current HN if not better. I attributed that to the voting mechanism; clearly I was mistaken.