[[A bar graph with two bars. The first bar is much taller than the second. It is marked '1,500,000ドル', and below the x-axis, is labelled "Cost to buy an ad on every story on a major news site every day until the election. The second bar is much shorter, marked '200,000ドル', and labelled "Cost to pay five college students 20ドル
hour to camp the site 24
7 and post the first few comments the moment a story goes up, giving you the last word in every article and creating an impression of peer consensus.]]
The problem with posting comments in the order they're submitted.
{{Title text: 'Nuh-uh! We let users vote on comments and display them by number of votes. Everyone knows that makes it impossible for a few persistent voices to dominate the discussion.'}}
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