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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by starpilot on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:50AM (#26155887)
Isn't this the same as the algo-driven placement of HN stories and comments?
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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by TulliusCicero on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:59PM (#26156743)
To a certain extent, yes, though my understanding is that HN's comment ranking algorithm is substantially different from Reddit's.
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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by gibspaulding on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:02PM (#26157454)
Also, HN is more of a news feed than a forum, so it makes sense to favor newer posts over knowledge-base type threads.

Makes me sort of want an HN forum though. Maybe limited to self posts and with a more chronological feed.

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