hans-l

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   by hans-l 4mo ago

   “But I checked the evil bit and it was off!!!” ( https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3514.txt )
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   by hans-l 4mo ago

   That’s good in theory but there are also plenty of counter examples of companies forcing features and still making it by just sheer brand reputation or market share (HP still has DRM’d ink, Keurig is still going after “hacks”) or just money
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   by hans-l 4mo ago

   My theory is either fudging the display (add/remove votes to prevent people from knowing the real count), or there’s a secret API that some bot found and exploited. Or maybe it uses negative points when it detects bad actors voting&#x2
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   by hans-l 4mo ago

   Maybe there is an API to downvote posts and some bots found it? Edit: Actually I would wager that it’s some kind of automatic downvoting when the system detects bad votes or comments. Something like “friends shouldn’t vote”. Since we see vo
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   by hans-l 4mo ago

   Sometimes I really feel we're chasing UX that were solved in the Mother of all Demos (in 1968). For those who haven't watched it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY