Comment by sk4rekr0w
5 hours ago
He is in the HN ingroup of whenever he posts a blog, a prominent HN mod or poster with 1 billion karma will inevitably post it, and so it goes.
It's sort of like the music industry.
5 hours ago
He is in the HN ingroup of whenever he posts a blog, a prominent HN mod or poster with 1 billion karma will inevitably post it, and so it goes.
It's sort of like the music industry.
Does poster karma boost the post in any way?
I don't believe HN boosts their algo but I think people recognize posters like celebs. I recognize tosh, simonw, etc.
Also it's an easy way to farm karma. The pelican guy posted a pelican, let's upvote it? It's at least a bit of psychosis / mass effect in this.
For what it's worth, I like the pelicans but just making an observation
> It's at least a bit of psychosis
I know semantic shift is inevitable, but can we put the brakes on this one at least a little? This doesn't even connect to the original meaning.