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eplanit on Nov 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy

For both Reddit and HN, articles/posts live or die based on popularity, not meritocracy nor karma.

minimaxir on Nov 6, 2014 [–]

A high karma is a causal effect for popularity, however. (on HN, an article at #1 will receive much more activity than an article at #30.)

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