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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by dang on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:21PM (#21467474)
I was about to say that, although similar, it doesn't quite ring the same Pavlovian bells. But to judge by the subthread, you're right. I've posted a moderation comment there.

That touches on an important principle actually. The value of a comment on HN is the expected value of its subthread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21347871

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by beefman on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:22PM (#21468689)
Good principle but it let us down in this case as I've posted the most valuable comment here and it has no replies at all! :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21466377

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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by dang on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:18PM (#21469506)
The EV includes the value of the root comment. If that's large enough and there aren't any bad replies adding negative value, you win :)

(Just to be clear, I'm using EV as a pseudo-technical metaphor. But it's a surprisingly good one, and could maybe be turned into a real model.)

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