There's nothing new in the HN community functioning this way. In fact, it's because the HN community functions this way that the site exists at all; otherwise it would have long ago turned into just another current affairs or celebrity gossip page.
I am increasingly convinced we need to separate content storage from recommendation algorithms.
When an organization does both, it has perverse incentives such as maximizing add-profit or user-engagement by building echo chambers instead of doing what benefits the users - such as maximizing truth-seeking and getting an accurate picture of opinions among the general population.
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This is democracy and freedom we get these days.
and yup... the thread is gone.
There's nothing new in the HN community functioning this way. In fact, it's because the HN community functions this way that the site exists at all; otherwise it would have long ago turned into just another current affairs or celebrity gossip page.
I am increasingly convinced we need to separate content storage from recommendation algorithms.
When an organization does both, it has perverse incentives such as maximizing add-profit or user-engagement by building echo chambers instead of doing what benefits the users - such as maximizing truth-seeking and getting an accurate picture of opinions among the general population.
Agreed. I am quite pessimistic about what can be achieved though.
Cheers, at least we have Stimulation Clicker on the front page
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42611536