Simplicitas • 无用之用 (kenliu.name):
… may continue to have a moral duty to not discriminate on the basis of race because the consequences of being wrong are so great and our likelihood of making such distinctions correctly, even when scientifically informed, is low. As Paul Graham has saidin a different context: … if you’re going to distinguish between people, you better be sure you do it right. This is one problem where rapid prototyping doesn’t work. Indeed, that’s the intellectually honest argument for not discriminating between …

Ho John Lee's Weblog (www.hojohnlee.com):
… These are my links for April 20th through April 23rd:What I’ve Learned from Hacker News- Paul Graham on social dynamics and managing Hacker News, user submitted comments and ranking (voting up/down), editorial intervention and moderators, project goals. SEOmoz | Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed! - Looking at variations o …

Bench Marks (www.cshblogs.org):
… specific technologies and focus on the properties and dynamics, we can see how change is unfolding before our eyes. One of the key challenges is learning how to adapt to an environment in which these properties and dynamics play a key role.”What I’ve Learned from Hacker NewsThe editor of an online community news site writes on some of the lessons learned. Of particular interest is the “Fluff Principle”: “…on a user-voted news site, the links that are easiest to judge will take over unless you take specific measures …

On Writing, Tech and Other Loquacities (lanabrindley.blogspot.com):
… Often, this question can't be answered until after the break is complete. And so I found myself, some months after extricating myself from this particular community, wondering idly exactly what happened. Coincidentally, I ran across a random link toPaul Graham analysinghis first two years as the founder and creator of hackernews. I've never followed hackernews, so I can't comment on it directly. Paul Graham's analysis is rather lengthy, but stick with it if you can. It's absolute gold in terms of online community-building. He discusses t …

Blog - Stack Overflow (blog.stackoverflow.com):
… It is true that discussion on Hacker News is more serious and less incendiary than the wild-west anything goes of programming.reddit.com. I’ve seen this firsthand, on blog articles I’ve written that have been posted to both sites. InWhat I’ve Learned from Hacker News, Paul explains: It’s pretty clear now that the broken windows theory applies to community sites as well. The theory is that minor forms of bad behavior encourage worse ones: that a neighborhood with lots of graffiti and broken windows becomes …

Steve Reynolds Blog (www.reynoldsftw.com):
… growing over recent times …

I am Jeriko (www.i-jeriko.de):
… NIN: The Fragile live from on stage, Adelaide 2.28.09 [HD] on VimeoWhat I've Learned from Hacker NewsPaul Graham schreibt über seine Erfahrungen mit Hacker News, einer Site a la Digg und Reddit, bzw. der Community dahinter. Sehr sehr spannend, wenn einem sowas selber bevor steht. (tags: community management blog ) DUAL | Complete Line of DJ Products …

Simplicitas • 无用之用 (kenliu.name):
… be eliminated, in the hopeful version of this narrative, through simple market forces and genuine competition, because those who hold onto prejudice and lies will be outcompeted and lose to those who do not. As Paul Graham put it in the context ofdistinguishing between helpful and unhelpful commenterson a social news site: Another thing I learned from this experiment is that if you’re going to distinguish between people, you better be sure you do it right. This is one problem where rapid prototyping doesn’t work. Indeed, that’s the intellectually …

Mindwaste. The tumblelog of Gingerskhan (www.gingerskhan.co.uk):
… “The Fluff Principle: on a user-voted news site, the links that are easiest to judge will take over unless you take specific measures to prevent it.” -What I’ve Learned from Hacker News- Paul Graham. …

Bitácora de mig21 (7781) (barrapunto.com):
… (o digg o menéame), pero con temática muy definida (temática técnica, hacker en el sentido MIT ), con editores estrictos y con políticas severas de ontopic. Pues Paul Graham, su creador ha escritoWhat I've Learned from Hacker News, o sea, lo que ha aprendido con el sitio. Se puede estar de acuerdo o en desacuerdo en algunas cosas, pero es sin duda interesante. Extracto, lo que me ha llamado la atención: …

Bitácora de mig21 (7781) (barrapunto.com):
… (o digg o menéame), pero con temática muy definida (temática técnica, hacker en el sentido MIT ), con editores estrictos y con políticas severas de ontopic. Pues Paul Graham, su creador ha escritoWhat I've Learned from Hacker News, o sea, lo que ha aprendido con el sitio. Se puede estar de acuerdo o en desacuerdo en algunas cosas, pero es sin duda interesante. Extracto, lo que me ha llamado la atención: …

mroth.tumblr.com (mroth.tumblr.com):
… What I've Learned from Hacker News: Some great thoughts on moderating behavior on a participatory content website. …

@vanelsas (vanelsas.wordpress.com):
… information timely for us (yes that includes Friendfeed, Digg, Reddit, and most of the major tech blogs). If you want to know more about that, then read this excellent post by Paul Graham who talks about his experiences with setting up and runningthe Hackernews community. Excellent read. It seems we do a much better job at storing and retrieval of information that doesn’t lose value as time passes by. Encyclopedia’s, history, arts, dictionaries, etc. There are however some experiments that try to approach …

elke's (blogger.xs4all.nl):
… ls een gesprek dat ik voer met mensen met dezelfde interesses als ik. Als je langskomt en denkt iets te kunnen toevoegen: graag! Maar als het een domme of akelige opmerking is, bewaar ik het niet. Net zoals je de ringtone van iemands telefoon wegfiltert uit een concert.Paul Grahamgeeft een andere reden om zulke commentaren niet te bewaren: ze trekken andere aan. Hij meent dat de ' broken windows ' theorie zeker ook voor online communities werkt. Als ze geen domme gemene commentaren vinden voelen zeikers zich niet zo snel thuis. Het belangrijkste v …

elke's (blogger.xs4all.nl):
… ls een gesprek dat ik voer met mensen met dezelfde interesses als ik. Als je langskomt en denkt iets te kunnen toevoegen: graag! Maar als het een domme of akelige opmerking is, bewaar ik het niet. Net zoals je de ringtone van iemands telefoon wegfiltert uit een concert.Paul Grahamgeeft een andere reden om zulke commentaren niet te bewaren: ze trekken andere aan. Hij meent dat de ' broken windows ' theorie zeker ook voor online communities werkt. Als ze geen domme gemene commentaren vinden voelen zeikers zich niet zo snel thuis. Het belangrijkste v …

PuneTech (punetech.com):
… ent before it appears on the site. Sometimes, it takes us a while to get around to doing this. Please be patient. Don’t post the comment multiple times. If you are unsure of whether your comment has reached our moderation queue, send us an email. Further ReadingWhat I’ve learned from Hacker Newsby Paul Graham. A good introduction to the issues to be considered when deciding why and how to moderate comments on a site. Free to blog but accountable you are. The Supreme Court of India weighs in on blogging and online expression. - Dhananjay Nene Of blogs, blogge …

Juliette Culver (www.jvvw.com):
… included this because the whole process of the Drupal.org redesign has been fascinating. It’s rare to be able to watch such excellent designers work publicly and see the process that they go through and I’ve learned a lot as a result.What I’ve learned from Hacker NewsPaul Graham talks about the challenges of maintaining the character of Hacker News as it grows. One interesting feature I thought was the ability for users to flip a switch in their profile to see all items that have been killed by the moderators. I guess quite a few forum …

blogs.conchango.com (blogs.conchango.com):
… by Graham invariably rises majestically to the top ten, where it sits like a celebrity in a pub in its home town, garnering upmods, respectful comments and free drinks). I don't particularly buy into the cult of Paul Graham, but his piece onwhat he's learnt from Hacker Newsis really very good indeed. If you have any interest in the problem of content quality dilution online I suggest you go and read it. A couple of the more important observations he makes are (I paraphrase): The easier it is to decide that you like a link, the more like …

Curiously Persistent (curiouslypersistent.wordpress.com):
… point on how word of mouth spreads through random spikes within overlapping spheres, and not through concentric circles of influence. Reading material from the past week to consider include: Paul Graham’s new essay covers hislearnings from Hacker News- many salient points for those interested in crowdsourcing Dougald Hine is looking for contributors to help mobilise the tech and social media spheres to provide resources for those adversely affected by the recession “Ethnography is not an in-home intervie …