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the law of comments-thread toxicity (some developments)
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— 13 May 2009 mark sinker 3 comments

alex harrowell of the yorkshire ranter proposes godwin score as a measure of a thread’s usefulness
daniel davies of dsquared digest proposes a better buzzer-causer than h!tler-mention
(useful pointer: the thread that alex and dsquared are actu[…]

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