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You mean to tell me hackers are willing to astroturf? I am pretty sure SV angels sent emails to Portco’s telling them how to vote... not about content but in statewide elections. Some times the hive mind needs to think differently.
As someone who's been reading Daring Fireball since 2004 and considers themselves an Apple fan, I think the algorithm is working exactly as intended if it's designed to limit intellectually dishonest content. Gruber has built a career on a predictable pattern: vociferously defend Apple's every decision (even contradicting his own previous positions when Apple changes course), construct elaborate post-rationalizations…
Hoo boy; the idea that “intellectual honesty” bubbles to the top is an … interesting take to say the least. I don’t think it’s well-supported. Having an opinion and a tendency is not dishonest, and there’s plenty of garbage content that reaches and remains on the front page.
I started reading DF when I was a college student, probably in 2002 or 2003. I listened to every iteration of The Talk Show that I can remember --- both runs with your former host, and the current edition from the very first episode. When I moved to Los Angeles and had no friends and felt lonely as hell all the time, I used to put on the keyboard episode of The Talk Show to give me something pleasant to fall asleep t…
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Have to say, you copy-pasting this response over and over in this thread tells me a lot about your writing without ever having read a single one of your posts: - You ask leading questions with questionable assertions. E.g., I doubt that for every moment of a 14 year period you were the unquestioned, constant #3 hotness on HN (I've been here for most of that and didn't see a single one?), yet you present this as uncon…
“I have strong opinions about something I proudly admit I’ve never read” is quite the take.
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I don't get it. You think my "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino" piece was not suppressed here on HN?
I don't think it was suppressed by a "a cabal of moderator/admins". I think it was flagged by regular HN users who think you're a dicknose[^1][^2]. Regardless, none of us can tell you for sure. Only dang knows. Why don't you ask him? [^1]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/02/08/ill-tempered [^2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3019147