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The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

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Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

#4
This could be ok if he was doing an experiment about HN. These tricks of asking your buddies to upvote and retweet seems against the spirit of HN. I would be interested to see what the other HNers think.

Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

#6
For people not aware of that site that want to see the content, just scroll up to the top in the list of what looks like comments.

After 4 visits, and clicking in some places i finally got it... I must be dumb or something.

Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

#7
post #4

This could be ok if he was doing an experiment about HN. These tricks of asking your buddies to upvote and retweet seems against the spirit of HN. I would be interested to see what the other HNers think.

It's OK while it is sensible (after all, you will inform your friends you have published a new blog post or whatever) and not some heavy "please upvote" campaign.

Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

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post #6

For people not aware of that site that want to see the content, just scroll up to the top in the list of what looks like comments. After 4 visits, and clicking in some places i finally got it... I must be dumb or something.

I must be dumb or something.

I think they just have a poorly designed site.

Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

#9
post #7
post #4

This could be ok if he was doing an experiment about HN. These tricks of asking your buddies to upvote and retweet seems against the spirit of HN. I would be interested to see what the other HNers think.

It's OK while it is sensible (after all, you will inform your friends you have published a new blog post or whatever) and not some heavy "please upvote" campaign.

I completely agree with that. But it seems that his "supporters" were invited at waves to give his post a boost.

Re: The Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post

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post #2

Looking forward to "Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post About the Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post".

I don't think I have the mental bandwidth but if someone wants to collect the data I'm sure it will be interesting.

I get giddy about all kinds of empiricism, but I submitted this meta-item because I thought it was apropos given recent and ongoing interest in the ebb and flow of how HN ranks items.

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