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comment by alpha0
alpha0  ·  4835 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Hubski topics
Alright, prepare my Turing Award while I solve the unsolvable. ;)

Three distinct concerns interact here; (1) information processing bandwidth (2) Human psyche (3) Human society.

1, 2, and 3 are utilized by HN and SO to (somewhat) successfully address the problem. Both approaches are, of course, meta-ghettoization protocols in service of affecting social norms, e.g. HN mercilessly applies the no-false-positive strategy but does dip its toes liberally in the group-think pool. SO milks the human vanity to employ a free army of thoughtful editors (but still, lots of noise in SO lately)