Ron Paul says his campaign is more than "a few spammers"

Re:Ron Paul says his campaign is more than "a few spammers" by danteembermage on Sunday November 11, 2007 @05:12PM (#78494)

This is a really hard thing to bring up. I want to sugarcoat this as much as possible, because I'm running the risk of flamebait. Maybe it's better we don't think about this, but as a community perhaps it's something we have to face. I don't know, but for better or worse here it goes...

Does a user voting this up become smarter or dumber in the eyes of the algorithm?

What does the answer to this question mean?

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Re:Ron Paul says his campaign is more than "a few spammers" by rms on Sunday November 11, 2007 @05:18PM (#78497)

I have the impression that Paul Graham hasn't implemented that algorithm yet and/or turned it on because the community hasn't yet degenerated enough. I can't find the specific post where he said that.

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Re:Ron Paul says his campaign is more than "a few spammers" by pg on Sunday November 11, 2007 @07:15PM (#78523)

That's true. On the other hand, when I do turn it on, it will apply retroactively.

As for the question of what effect this story has, that depends on what the editors think. Probably they'd be split on it. This is arguably an Internet story as much as a political one.

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