The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy

Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by hiou on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:05PM (#8568560)

I like as describe Reddit and HN to be voter nominated, not voter selected. Votes nominate stories, but then the algorithm decides which ones to pick from that pile.

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by tedks on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:27PM (#8568719)

And for HN, the "algorithm" is the subjective judgment of the moderation staff, as witnessed by countless articles on the misogyny in tech (as an example) getting axed from the front page.

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by buckbova on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:58PM (#8568941)

Or maybe those subjective articles on misogyny in tech are flagged by users like me.

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by dang on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:26PM (#8569135)

The biggest factor there by far is user flags.

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by tedks on Friday November 07, 2014 @10:26AM (#8572889)

This is a nice way to punt, but you've (in the plural sense, not you specifically) have still admitted to removing them from the frontpage.

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