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Re:Reverse Engineering the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm by bradleyankrom on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @01:00PM (#13869266)
Yeah, and I think the karma system works well overall. It isn't ideal for people that are significantly more consumer than producer of content, but I would guess that is the minority.
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Re:Reverse Engineering the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm by tylorr on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:02PM (#13869873)
I feel there are a lot more consumers than you might imagine, myself included. I'm on HN constantly but I rarely ever comment. The karma system is not for everyone.
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Re:Reverse Engineering the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm by DanBC on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:31PM (#13870168)
I think there are a few people with > 500 karma, more with an account but less karma, and even more without an account.

Pareto principle and all.

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