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Re:Yik Yak Systematically Downvotes Mentions of Competitors by slimetree on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @01:38PM (#9070131)
Those are the long tail of comments. If VCs judged all user-content services by the long tail of submissions, most wouldn't raise any money.

(I realize that might be a good thing, but I presume then that you have the same complaint against Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

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Re:Yik Yak Systematically Downvotes Mentions of Competitors by antr on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @01:40PM (#9070143)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9070088
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Re:Yik Yak Systematically Downvotes Mentions of Competitors by slimetree on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @01:42PM (#9070161)
Still, that just means the long tail is worse, which necessarily happens when anonymity is granted. The best comments-- i.e. the ones that make using the app fun for users-- are also uniquely possible on Yik Yak (or services like it).
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