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Re:Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something by ryanwaggoner on Sunday January 18, 2009 @02:25AM (#439172)
unfortunately it wasn't a test, there was no if. I knew it would work.

Ah, the classic claim that there was never any doubt of success. Always works best after the fact.

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Re:Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something by petercooper on Sunday January 18, 2009 @10:22AM (#439373)
I just knew you were going to say that!
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Re:Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something by ahoyhere on Sunday January 18, 2009 @06:34AM (#439267)
Nota bene: You may think what I'm about to write has something to do with your last name, but I'm not that funny.

HN is very predictable, in some ways. It's not predictable with 100% accuracy like digg or reddit.

But, still, HN people have a group identity to a large degree. And if you attack that group identity, the group is interested in the attack and they are ready to circle the wagons.

Both interest and wagon-circling in this context mean upvoting so other people see it.

Hasn't just about everything Giles' written about HN come up on the front page?

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Re:Why Hacker News Thinks PHP Won Something by giles_bowkett on Sunday January 18, 2009 @02:37PM (#439566)
heh. got me
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