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1. mgunes+L7[view] [source] 2013-11-26 10:37:23
>>jseip+(OP)
How HN page rankings really work: you vote stuff up, and then the flag mob and hidden moderators axe right off the front page whatever irritates the pro-capitalist internet-libertarian techno-optimist idelogical sensibilities of the white male Californian HN hive mind even in the subtlest of ways.
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2. _mvuc+3R[view] [source] 2013-11-26 18:30:26
>>mgunes+L7
Funny, we both see the same algorithms, but I see the exact opposite results.
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3. hsod+141[view] [source] 2013-11-26 20:26:14
>>_mvuc+3R
You don't think "Internet-libertarian" is a good description of the dominant political ideology around here?
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4. _mvuc+X61[view] [source] 2013-11-26 20:53:58
>>hsod+141
No, just as with Slashdot, I see it as very vocal but a definite minority, at least in terms of posts and comments.
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