Comment on Hacker News' favorite Xkcd comics (2022)Comments−dotancohen2yI would think that the most upvoted comic would be the "most loved", but that was not even considered. Posting is easy, garnering upvotes is the "love" signal.As is usual with statistics, the methodology greatly affects the outcome.−_kwef2yI think most people would upvote a reference to a xkcd based on how relevant they think it is to the post, not how much they love it.
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I would think that the most upvoted comic would be the "most loved", but that was not even considered. Posting is easy, garnering upvotes is the "love" signal.
As is usual with statistics, the methodology greatly affects the outcome.
I think most people would upvote a reference to a xkcd based on how relevant they think it is to the post, not how much they love it.