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Just curious... why author? Why not just content?

• plinkplonk 17y ago
  "Just curious... why author? Why not just content?" Oh i was just referring to the "vote pg up anyway" trend. If the author is someone you know (and I've made many friends from YC) there is a minor incentive to upvote a comment even if it doesn't read well because you know the person and can guess at what he was trying to say. So instead of judge(content), the subroutine becomes judge(content, person). It sort of feels like "voice tone" is added to a comment if you know the person. The "tone" and (perceived) intent with which something is said makes a huge difference This could lead to a known troll getting a downvote and a known "good guy" getting an upvote for the same comment. And that is probably a good thing.
  • jacquesm 17y ago
    I'm not so sure about that. I think content should stand on its own, regardless of who wrote it.
• scythe 17y ago
  If I knew that someone were qualified to talk about whatever we're discussing, I'd be more inclined to upvote them.