← Back to context Comment by tptacek 8 months ago Right, my point is, it's not in fact a small group of people. 8 comments tptacek Reply MegaButts 8 months ago Getting 500 karma is a trivial task and not some tiny group. Are there any HN regulars (that don't just lurk) that don't have that much karma?The point is a flag has higher weight than an upvote, and it's easy to get the ability to flag posts. tptacek 8 months ago Right, again, my point: the cohort of people who can be flagging these articles is quite large. It's not a small number of gatekeeping old-timers. MegaButts 8 months ago dang has admitted that flagging carries more weight than voting, we just don't know what the weighing is. 5 replies →
MegaButts 8 months ago Getting 500 karma is a trivial task and not some tiny group. Are there any HN regulars (that don't just lurk) that don't have that much karma?The point is a flag has higher weight than an upvote, and it's easy to get the ability to flag posts. tptacek 8 months ago Right, again, my point: the cohort of people who can be flagging these articles is quite large. It's not a small number of gatekeeping old-timers. MegaButts 8 months ago dang has admitted that flagging carries more weight than voting, we just don't know what the weighing is. 5 replies →
tptacek 8 months ago Right, again, my point: the cohort of people who can be flagging these articles is quite large. It's not a small number of gatekeeping old-timers. MegaButts 8 months ago dang has admitted that flagging carries more weight than voting, we just don't know what the weighing is. 5 replies →
MegaButts 8 months ago dang has admitted that flagging carries more weight than voting, we just don't know what the weighing is. 5 replies →
Getting 500 karma is a trivial task and not some tiny group. Are there any HN regulars (that don't just lurk) that don't have that much karma?
The point is a flag has higher weight than an upvote, and it's easy to get the ability to flag posts.
Right, again, my point: the cohort of people who can be flagging these articles is quite large. It's not a small number of gatekeeping old-timers.
dang has admitted that flagging carries more weight than voting, we just don't know what the weighing is.
5 replies →