i wonder if performing a restart... something like what The Architect from The Matrix talks about...
i wonder if simply restarting the entire software would help a bit. in other words, deleting the entire database and starting from scratch every n years. meaning the front page would be blank, people would have to 'register' again with their karma at 1
if it takes making a new community, a restart might be a good approximation, among having other effects (eg the effect on karma whores)
There is the difference between HN and reddit/digg etc. that pg and co. do HN for love, whereas, whatever other motives they may have, the other sites are trying to make money.
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PG has said he won't let it, and will do what it takes to keep it high quality.
This is a very noble aspiration, but many benevolent stewards of online communities have tried and failed; it is a historically intractable problem.
I think the OP is asking what is the "what it takes"?
i wonder if performing a restart... something like what The Architect from The Matrix talks about...
i wonder if simply restarting the entire software would help a bit. in other words, deleting the entire database and starting from scratch every n years. meaning the front page would be blank, people would have to 'register' again with their karma at 1
if it takes making a new community, a restart might be a good approximation, among having other effects (eg the effect on karma whores)
There is the difference between HN and reddit/digg etc. that pg and co. do HN for love, whereas, whatever other motives they may have, the other sites are trying to make money.
Classic counterexample: kuro5hin.
Amen to that! It's the only refuge from all the trash out there. Hopefully fanboys will never invade it...
A good first step is, when you catch yourself making a comment that contributes nothing except maybe some sentiment, to not make it.
I also have faith in this even with threads about economics.