This is creeping Redditization: it's based on it being a boys' club in here, it isn't particularly funny, and we can expect to hear it and variations repeated in every thread forever if this behavior is rewarded.
Perhaps it's some sort of honeypot by pg to try and increase the signal to noise ratio, ie. everyone who voted that comment up gets blacklisted from HN.
This is the most machiavellian idea I have ever heard around internet community management. You can mercilessly enforce policies while appearing to do nothing at all. Except you dont blacklist them, you just reduce the influence of their votes in the ranking algorithm.
Perhaps it's some sort of honeypot by pg to try and increase the signal to noise ratio, ie. everyone who voted that comment up gets blacklisted from HN.
That's what I'd do if I were king :)
This is the most machiavellian idea I have ever heard around internet community management. You can mercilessly enforce policies while appearing to do nothing at all. Except you dont blacklist them, you just reduce the influence of their votes in the ranking algorithm.
You say "tomato", I say "fetch the trebuchet"
Just flag the story. It's practically a magnet for these types of comments and doesn't offer anything else interesting anyway.
I flagged the story hours ago. Didn't do much good.
Ah, the story was asking for it. Slut.
My thought exactly. People picking fights on HN make me laugh. Picking fights in general is bad enough, but come on... on the internet? Grow up.
considering how your behavior was rewarded "we can expect to hear it and variations repeated in every thread forever"