Basically, that turns HN into politics ? Because 1000+ commenters get to choose between:
- upvote and take the risk that other cliques will tag that as not worthy of an upvote, punishing both the commenter and yourself, possibly even pushing you back into the powerless silent majority.
- don't upvote: don't take risks, only grind up hoping others will take risks for you.
Sounds like it kills most discussions and only radical threads between cliques will remain :(
So given that will probably be my last comment here if that change remain, what other sites would you guys suggest as HN alternatives?
How is that an alternative that addresses the issues wildpeaks has raised, though? If anything, the invitation scheme over there just amplifies the sort of problems wildpeaks mentions.
- upvote and take the risk that other cliques will tag that as not worthy of an upvote, punishing both the commenter and yourself, possibly even pushing you back into the powerless silent majority.
- don't upvote: don't take risks, only grind up hoping others will take risks for you.
Sounds like it kills most discussions and only radical threads between cliques will remain :(
So given that will probably be my last comment here if that change remain, what other sites would you guys suggest as HN alternatives?