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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by DamnInteresting on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:15PM (#18972554)
> a textbook example of Goodhart's Law

I had never heard of Goodhart's Law by name until about 45 minutes ago, while listening to an episode of Planet Money that originally aired last November. And here it is again. This is one of the more striking examples of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon I've experienced in recent years.

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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by shlomok on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:11PM (#18975315)
Once I learned about the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon it seemed to pop up everywhere.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by tatami on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:14AM (#18976848)
It's spreading on HN this past week, you could say it's viral.
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Re:Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and ... by d23 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:48PM (#18972900)
I just saw it in another thread today and am seeing it again here. It's pretty apropos for what I'm dealing with at the company I'm at right now too.
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