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One pro argument is that if the quality of these goes down hill they will fail to make the front page anyway, so what's the down-side?
by seizethecheese 13y ago
One pro argument is that if the quality of these goes down hill they will fail to make the front page anyway, so what's the down-side?
- dang 13y agoI suspect that's wrong and that they'll make it to the front page regardless.
- seizethecheese 13y agoWrong from whose perspective? It's strange that "wrong" things make it to the front page. By definition wouldn't that make them "right?"
- dang 13y agoIf only it were that simple. HN is about optimizing for intellectual curiosity, and that is only one of the reasons why stories get upvoted.
- seizethecheese 13y agoYeah I understand that perspective. I really think that these are the type of posts that won't be upvoted like some post about Elon Musk or Bitcoin. I guess there's a good potential for promotional upvotes since there are so many people invested in the post being seen. Would it be possible to not count upvotes from people who post comments? (Not comments of comments, however.)