Hacker News is influential. Upvotes can easily be gamed.
Noise is added to mix good info with misinformation to confuse and frustrate people sifting through comments trying to make sense of things.
These people will make weaker arguments against Tesla's actions so those arguments can be easily discredited. People making stronger arguments against Tesla will be clumped with them.
Trolling increases noise and frustration. It makes people not want to read adversarial comments.
Denigrate, dismiss, discredit.
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Highest upvoted comment is usually gamed, because it makes the most lucid argument (it was pre-written) and is seen as the most solid piece of info amid the noise.
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Hacker News is influential. Upvotes can easily be gamed.
Noise is added to mix good info with misinformation to confuse and frustrate people sifting through comments trying to make sense of things.
These people will make weaker arguments against Tesla's actions so those arguments can be easily discredited. People making stronger arguments against Tesla will be clumped with them.
Trolling increases noise and frustration. It makes people not want to read adversarial comments.
Denigrate, dismiss, discredit.
Sort comments by old.
Highest upvoted comment is usually gamed, because it makes the most lucid argument (it was pre-written) and is seen as the most solid piece of info amid the noise.
This comment will not be allowed to rise above 3 points, but will not fall below 1 point. The ideal number is 2 points. It will be flagged for deletion.