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[–] 46 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

He links it at the end, life imitating art: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49817280

See here's the thing - to get the ability to downvote / flag articles, you have to say stuff in public enough times to get the 200 (400?) karma to unlock that. Well, how do you get that karma? You say the things that people on that site want to hear so they click upvote. Spot the curricular bias problem? It was intentionally designed this way.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure there is a better way - all the user moderation approaches I've seen involve leaning on the regulars to spot stuff. The alternative is dedicated moderators which tends to lead to it's own problems. I don't think you want to rely on those who have just signed up as that would be open to abuse pretty quickly.

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