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Am I the only one growing tired of this fawning over Elon Musk? I want to see more articles about the technology and fewer human interest pieces

• Fuzzwah 13y ago
  You're probably not the only one, but here's a tip... HN uses a system of up and down votes to allow the users to decide what is on the front page. So if something is on the front page it probably means more people want to see it than don't. Amazing hey?
  • nonchalance 13y ago
    FYI you can't downvote posts. You can only flag. There are also emerging voting rings which are hard to protect against, especially if it only takes 6 votes in an hour to get to the front page
    • nether 13y ago
      His comment is the second I've seen referencing mythical post downvote buttons. Very curious.
    • psycr 13y ago
      Downvotes exist. You just don't have enough karma to see them.
      • nether 13y ago
        For comments, not for stories.
    • Fuzzwah 13y ago
      Right. I'll take another stab at it (and risk losing another point of karma for it). You have the power to filter what is displayed in your browser. A quick google returns a chrome extension which allows you to filter on keywords. https://github.com/fractastical/Hacker-News-Filter https://github.com/fractastical/Hacker-News-Filter If you're not using chrome, then maybe take a shot at being a hacker and make something that turns hackernews into what you want it to be.