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It's interesting how the word "nude" boosts posts to the top of the social hierarchy on HN, Reddit and YouTube, among other sites, even in cases when the conten
by hawkharris 13y ago
It's interesting how the word "nude" boosts posts to the top of the social hierarchy on HN, Reddit and YouTube, among other sites, even in cases when the content would be otherwise irrelevant or uninteresting to the communities.
- verisimilidude 13y agoAt an old job, I once wrote an internal library for working with RDF. Very unsexy stuff, nobody cared. When I changed the name of the library to "Graphic Nudity" (it exposes your graphs!), suddenly a lot of people took notice.
- igravious 13y agommm RDF, tell me more ... resources ... descriptions ... frameworks ... mmm ... just this very day I taught this in class ... mmm ...
- munificent 13y ago> It's interesting how the word "nude" boosts posts to the top We're mammals. Despite our large cerebrums and ability for abstract reasoning, we're still primates. Of course we're drawn to sex, food, and emotion. I think it's more interesting that we're surprised by this. Sure, it's good to try to overcome your bestial nature, but pretending it isn't there at all seems a bit silly.