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Post by gus_massa »

minimaxir wrote: post #10
krapp wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Posted the ApplyHN on facebook, couple friends got accounts to support me thinking it would help. On both your Twitter and Facebook accounts you posted: "Comments and upvotes increase our chances of getting selected!" You may not actually have used sockpuppets, but soliciting upvotes to create an artificial buzz around your product is still shady - and it definitely doesn't look good that most of the top-level comme…

> On both your Twitter and Facebook accounts you posted: "Comments and upvotes increase our chances of getting selected! When Apply HN was first announced, I was concerned that people would be more likely to engage in voting rings because there is now financial incentive. I didn't expect to be correct .

I also expected something like this, but I'm gladly surprised that it is very uncommon. In most of the submissions the comments look legit.

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Post by mtmail »

GFK_of_xmaspast wrote: post #8
merterdir wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh. 1) Posted the ApplyHN on facebook, couple friends got accounts to support me thinking it would help. Accounts with no karma algorithmically don't matter, and they're super easy to spot. Wouldn't spend time on it. 2) I was actually thinking about this kind of tone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11500608 3) Also browsing HN I seem to see a negative atmosphere more and more. This is by far the best forum-sty…

I'm not seeing anything particularly exciting about (2)?

Also the comment came from a new user (registered the day before). I wouldn't take that as evidence for rudeness of the wider HN community.

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Post by Rainymood »

J_Darnley wrote: post #6

Ha. This is the most forced-civilized place. I get told off every time I am even a little rude.

>forced-civilized place

Which is really good imo as the quality of discussion is so much higher than on Reddit. For indulging in silly memes and empty content I just browse Reddit (the larger subs), for actually thoughtful discussion I browse smaller subs or HN.

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Post by seeing »

merterdir wrote: post #4
AnimalMuppet wrote: post #2

If your idea has holes, HN will tell you, quite bluntly. Don't confuse that with rudeness. Unfortunately, there also are people who are rude. They are in the minority, but they seem to be more numerous than they were a year ago...

I love people pointing out holes in my idea. I think that's what makes HN great. Sadly, nearly all of my submissions received senseless negative comments that is not feedback on the idea, more like unrelated personal comment. Maybe there could be a way to filter out the noise.

I wish the HN software gave me a feature of choosing how to filter out noise.
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