> I don’t wanna be callous but on a scale of 0=I stubbed my toe and 10=children are starving in [insert ___location] this seems to be a -3.
The scale is a measure of what though?
> My theory is every so often someone stumbles upon it, thinks “oh that’s interesting!” and submits it, not realizing it’s a duplicate? ..and then tons of readers in the same boat upvote it? (Similar to how urban legends about dog-sized rats taken as pets in Mexico keep circulating and will forever)
I'm not sure this is a theory, this is literally how the site works, is it not?
You know what I do when I see an article title that I've seen before and it's something I don't care about? I don't click it. Most times though, I do click into the comments to see what a 'new' audience thinks about it.
The scale is a measure of what though?
> My theory is every so often someone stumbles upon it, thinks “oh that’s interesting!” and submits it, not realizing it’s a duplicate? ..and then tons of readers in the same boat upvote it? (Similar to how urban legends about dog-sized rats taken as pets in Mexico keep circulating and will forever)
I'm not sure this is a theory, this is literally how the site works, is it not?
You know what I do when I see an article title that I've seen before and it's something I don't care about? I don't click it. Most times though, I do click into the comments to see what a 'new' audience thinks about it.