https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.12512/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32298111urn:hackerpapers:mention:1805.12512:32298111Sun, 31 Jul 2022 19:36:50 GMT<p>It doesn’t seem unreasonable to extrapolate this finding to other areas of society where a small percentage of people write their opinions and then a much larger percent of people read them, eventually shaping aggregate opinion independently of any opinion held predominantly by “lurkers.” How many elections have been shaped by 4chan, Reddit, and Facebook comments? There have been a few studies on this, eg in 2016 [0] and 2018 [1] which found results that probably will not shock you. Personally, this might be confirmation/proximity bias, but I believe the effect of small internet communities…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.12512/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21340519urn:hackerpapers:submission:1805.12512:21340519Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:32:26 GMT<p>On the Origins of Memes by Means of Fringe Web Communities</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.12512/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17440303urn:hackerpapers:submission:1805.12512:17440303Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:17:22 GMT<p>On the Origins of Memes by Means of Fringe Web Communities</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.12512/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SI