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		yters on Aug 17, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happened to Zimbabwe I bet someone could through together a formula for the best ratio of article types to keep the site both growing and hacker focussed.

mattmaroon on Aug 17, 2008 [–]

Isn't that the point of the up arrow? I'm not sure the site is meant to keep growing.

yters on Aug 19, 2008 | [–]

No, because both hackers and non-hackers use the up arrow. Which is fine if you don't mind content drift, but the people you are responding to do mind.

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