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He is in the HN ingroup of whenever he posts a blog, a prominent HN mod or poster with 1 billion karma will inevitably post it, and so it goes. It's sort of li
by sk4rekr0w 27d ago
He is in the HN ingroup of whenever he posts a blog, a prominent HN mod or poster with 1 billion karma will inevitably post it, and so it goes.
It's sort of like the music industry.
- neuroticnews25 27d agoDoes poster karma boost the post in any way?
- sk4rekr0w 27d agoI don't believe HN boosts their algo but I think people recognize posters like celebs. I recognize tosh, simonw, etc. Also it's an easy way to farm karma. The pelican guy posted a pelican, let's upvote it? It's at least a bit of psychosis / mass effect in this. For what it's worth, I like the pelicans but just making an observation
- retsibsi 27d ago> It's at least a bit of psychosis I know semantic shift is inevitable, but can we put the brakes on this one at least a little? This doesn't even connect to the original meaning.