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Re:The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem by pfd1986 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:12PM (#14756730)
Is that also true to HN, since most users can't downvote?
Re:The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem by Tenobrus on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:28PM (#14756856)
Not really? It's a very different system, there's no plausible way to have a "private" downvote when the "recommendation system" here is entirely crowdsourced rather than personalized. I suppose the hide button is sort of an equivalent, but I don't think the systems are really comparable.