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Re:Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited comments by DocuMaker on Sunday October 31, 2010 @03:46AM (#1852760)
It's not just Hacker News. It's everywhere on all forums, blogs, etc. I have no idea what's causing it other than economic stress!
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Re:Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited comments by davorak on Sunday October 31, 2010 @04:03AM (#1852794)
Maybe, I do not think the internet has not had a stable population in terms of demographics for a long enough time for a dominant productive culture to emerge.
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Re:Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited comments by DocuMaker on Sunday October 31, 2010 @03:47AM (#1852762)
Which got me thinking a few nights ago -- what a way to stimulate the economy. Hire some damn moderators!! ;-)
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Re:Tell HN: Uptick in mean-spirited comments by Kaizyn on Sunday October 31, 2010 @04:40AM (#1852854)
Yeah, but we don't want to actually pay them much. Though, the Amazon Mechanical Turk might make it cost effective.

$0.01 per every 10 posts moderated.

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