Two things feed into the echo-chamber pattern, and both are chilling effects. One can be easily augmented and the other cannot. The first is the voluntary tendency people have about providing their IRL identities. For…
I could make up reasons that would seem to bolster my merit, but the reality is that my replies were throttled under another account, lol. Anyway, I've stopped karma-whoring. And even though I possess the capacity for…
What's misunderstood is your concept of the HN downvote. It is neither rational, nor fair, nor explained. It materializes from thin air, lands on anyone that awakens a even but pang of discomfort in another user, and…
Two things feed into the echo-chamber pattern, and both are chilling effects. One can be easily augmented and the other cannot. The first is the voluntary tendency people have about providing their IRL identities. For…
I could make up reasons that would seem to bolster my merit, but the reality is that my replies were throttled under another account, lol. Anyway, I've stopped karma-whoring. And even though I possess the capacity for…
What's misunderstood is your concept of the HN downvote. It is neither rational, nor fair, nor explained. It materializes from thin air, lands on anyone that awakens a even but pang of discomfort in another user, and…