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You can see it in action on Hacker News, or any sites with downvotes. Inevitably, the downvoting will destabilise any equilibrium - the views of even a slight m
by gd1 12y ago
You can see it in action on Hacker News, or any sites with downvotes. Inevitably, the downvoting will destabilise any equilibrium - the views of even a slight majority will get reinforced in a positive feedback loop, and you end up with an echo chamber. There are several opinions that I know can't be voiced here.
- Thriptic 12y ago> There are several opinions that I know can't be voiced here. Well now I'm quite curious. Care to make a throwaway account and voice one?
- venomsnake 12y agoI frequent HN, often write controversial opinions and the downvotes are rare, usually I have someone spend the time and write a reply. The way adults should deal with the stuff. But we techies love to argue for the sake of arguing, so we are good at looking at it as a game.
- PebblesHD 12y agoOn the topic of things unable to be said however, disagreeing with Stallman seems to result in immediate downvote shitstorming.
- namlem 12y agoHN is nothing compared to reddit when it comes to this phenomenon. I come here to get away from the crazy. And then I go back to reddit when I run out of content here.