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Re:PG on trolls by aston on Saturday February 16, 2008 @05:41PM (#117169)
Actually, there's no way a comment like anewaccountname's would get upmodded to that extent were it not a verbatim reference to pg's previous article.

The fact that people here upmod/downmod based on whether they agree rather than whether it's insightful really bothers me. I think it's the wrong incentive structure.

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Re:PG on trolls by timr on Saturday February 16, 2008 @05:57PM (#117184)
The first comment was funny, though. Yes, if you want to pick it apart, it was funny because it was a verbatim reference to the earlier article, but it was funny nonetheless.

Likewise, it was funny that the "Funny..." comment was modded to -1. At least, I found it funny. Point being, I don't think these were rewards for groupthink, so much as rewards for geeks being clever.

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Re:PG on trolls by bishopdante on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @03:57AM (#273814)
It's really interesting the idea of being able to tag posts with a rating which describes their quality, such as "annoying" "boring" "funny" or "relevant" rather than just plus minus some points.
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