Re:Designing Social Systems Without Causing Depression and War
by smallnamespace on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:01AM
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That is somewhat negated by the fact that dissenting users from a post with a 'skewed' comment section can often go make their own post in response. This happens rather more frequently on Reddit than here since HN discourages duplicate posting on a topic.
Re:Designing Social Systems Without Causing Depression and War
by j_s on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:25AM
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>HN discourages duplicate posting on a topic
I would grudgingly agree, but found it funny that the following example sat on the front page the same day as your comment, and the second post exceeded the original's points & comments!
It is possible to detect and block Chrome headless | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16175646 (currently 146 points, 105 comments)
9 hours later: It is not possible to detect and block Chrome headless | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16179181 (currently 341 points, 158 comments)
There are some great breakdowns of Reddit comment karma by time after post. The direction is obvious - earlier comments score better - but the exponential falloff is still a sight to behold. Any view that isn't outrageous enough to downvote heavily can win just by arriving first, being seen most, and being upvoted by commenters trying to increase their own engagement. (HN removes 'downvote' when people reply to you. I wonder if it should discount upvotes on comments you reply to?)
It's a less-trolled system than the open queue of a messageboard, and more conversational than the obscure branching pattern of Twitter or Tumblr. But it's not much good for comprehensive, noninflammatory discussion.