It’s a threat, not a fallacy. And if I understand LW correctly, few would notice random want-ads because they wouldn’t gain enough votes to make it to the front page.
I’m pretty sure the problem is EY. He could post pictures of his cat, and they’d go all the way up. (And if he doesn’t have a cat, then he should know that there are several in my neighborhood who might be happy to be adopted. And kittens! Omygosh!)
It’s a threat, not a fallacy. And if I understand LW correctly, few would notice random want-ads because they wouldn’t gain enough votes to make it to the front page.
I’m pretty sure the problem is EY. He could post pictures of his cat, and they’d go all the way up. (And if he doesn’t have a cat, then he should know that there are several in my neighborhood who might be happy to be adopted. And kittens! Omygosh!)
That’s part of the problem, but the other half is that if he wanted to post pictures of his cat, he’d promote them.
ETA: And in this case, at least, the post is hovering around 0.