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Re:Who Are The Most Influential Posters on HN? by ColinWright on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @11:49AM (#4754025)
This isn't really an answer to the question of influence, but it gives you a start on the question. There's the list of the top 100 people ranked by karma - that doesn't mean they're influential, of course.

So, maybe you should define "influence".

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Re:Who Are The Most Influential Posters on HN? by schusterfluke on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @11:53AM (#4754045)
Aight: How about "The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of [the collective mind of the people who read HN] ...something like that.
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Re:Who Are The Most Influential Posters on HN? by ColinWright on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @12:01PM (#4754087)
Hmm.

* How would you measure that?

* How would you get everyone to agree?

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