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Interesting. How do you guard against coincidental rings? (i.e. a subgroup of people who all love, say, Lisp, and therefore always vote up Lisp stories. They
by AndrewDucker 12y ago
Interesting. How do you guard against coincidental rings?
(i.e. a subgroup of people who all love, say, Lisp, and therefore always vote up Lisp stories. They're not an organised group - but they do tend to vote in concert.)
- dang 12y agoI used to worry about that too, but it turns out not to be a big problem in practice. (I realize that's not a satisfying explanation, but this is one area where we can't give out details without enabling people to game the site. Having put a ton of effort into HN's anti-voting-ring measures, I dread the thought of having to climb all the way down the mountain and push that boulder up again.)