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Re:Hacker News Transparency by username223 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:50PM (#16018760)
> People seem to think this place is better than Facebook, Reddit or all the other vote-based, algorithm-driven discussion forums...

Reddit and FB are largely algorithm-driven; in this joint, things get personal.

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Re:Hacker News Transparency by explainplease on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:31PM (#16019029)
So the algorithm is executed on wetware. Still an algorithm. ;)
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