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HN is far from a meritocracy I'm afraid.
by gearoidoc 11y ago
HN is far from a meritocracy I'm afraid.
- danso 11y agoEr...what would a meritocracy even be in this situation? The world of interesting posts is not so simple that there is one true, obvious metric for one makes one post better than another.
- krapp 11y agoArguably, that one true, obvious metric is supposed to be the karma score. Bigger numbers are objectively better than smaller ones.
- gearoidoc 11y agoAgreed! But it doesn't work like that. Those with bigger karma scores get a bigger boost for their posts. Their upvotes also count more. Sort of a case of the rich becoming richer.
- danso 11y agoAhhh...OK, I thought GP meant that posts don't succeed based on quality alone. That said, I do agree with Karma score not being the sole determiner of worth...however, all other signals have their own flaws (such as domain-based or keyword-based penalties) while being less transparent to boot.