I'm not so concerned about people gaming HN with the button, but rather a decline in the quality of content which gets submitted.
It seems PG does lots of algorithm work to keep the community active and engaged with data that is actually of interest.
Is there some way we can flag links that are sent via a button link and compare the number of up-votes to those submitted directly via the site. That may give some insight into the value of the share buttons to the community.
I'd prefer to not jump to conclusions re: the effects, lets get some metrics and see what is happening.
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I'm not so concerned about people gaming HN with the button, but rather a decline in the quality of content which gets submitted.
It seems PG does lots of algorithm work to keep the community active and engaged with data that is actually of interest.
Is there some way we can flag links that are sent via a button link and compare the number of up-votes to those submitted directly via the site. That may give some insight into the value of the share buttons to the community.
I'd prefer to not jump to conclusions re: the effects, lets get some metrics and see what is happening.