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I think it's a kind of feed-forward system. If a person sees a couple sex-themed links on the front page, they are more likely to post another link with that th
by biotech 18y ago
I think it's a kind of feed-forward system. If a person sees a couple sex-themed links on the front page, they are more likely to post another link with that theme.
- smanek 18y agoI don't think that's a feed-forward system ... Sounds more like a positive feedback loop.
- olefoo 18y agoThere is a damping effect at work also. At some point too many articles about a given topic brings a backlash and the topic is 'done' at least for a while.
- Xichekolas 18y agoOften times I'll read a good article here, which leads me to explore a topic further, which can lead to articles I think worthy of posting. I'd imagine that is why we see things show up in clusters like this.