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1. Liftyee · 1789858950 · focus · HN ↗

   The penalties are interesting. It shows that the design goal is not to maximise interactions otherwise "controversial" posts should stay up. Still though, I wonder what's the point of deranking said posts. Minimise the potential for a flame war to hit critical mass? Stop people from perceiving HN as an argument-filled forum?

   1. firesteelrain · 1789859009 · focus · HN ↗

      Controlled narratives

      1. SilentM68 · 1789860434 · focus · HN ↗

         Yup, with just enough of an unmistakable ideological slant to force posts with differing views to take a Kharma nose dive. It seems that the addition of Kharma is proportional to posts that align with the overall narrative of the board post sentiment. In my case, I've noticed that some of my posts don't appear as originally created. Can't really confirm if this is inherent to the algorithm or just internal interference. The latter would be my guess. :(

         1. SilentM68 · 1789863554 · focus · HN ↗

            Point proven for the world to see :)
      2. skew-aberration · 1789861964 · focus · HN ↗

         Yep. Particularly obvious with comment ranking too.

         1. scamaltman2 · 1789873316 · focus · HN ↗

            Don't forget showdead.

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