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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by nycdatasci on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:33AM (#42947066)
The voting on comments here seems to be based on political beliefs rather than on the merit of the ideas presented. I wonder if weighing votes from a user with 1/N (where N is the number of comments they’ve voted on under a given submission) would increase the quality of discussions on HN…
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by bn-l on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:41AM (#42947674)
I think the ones that follow modern orthodox are the loudest because it’s, in their mind, the most supported. But with the election there might a very large, maybe larger silent majority who we hear from a lot less.

I just flag these posts because I know the top N comments are going to be just outrage with no substance. Which is mindless and boring.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by Gareth321 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:47AM (#42947197)
That might work. I really hope Hacker News doesn't become like Reddit.
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by layer8 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @12:15PM (#42951781)
That would merely decrease the impact of votes based on number of votes, not on polarity of votes. I vote on comments quite a bit, but not in a way that is consistent with any US partisan line.
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