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i agree with the quality needing some adjustment, there are waayyy to many osama links posted. its getting kinda annoying. but in terms of the links. well, i was already against hiding the votes for comments, but, i feel like if the votes are hidden from links, i would have NO clue what to read or whats just junk

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I don't disagree that there are too many bin Laden stories, but I'd be hesitant to make any algorithmic changes based on a story that is a once-a-year magnitude event.

The problem isn't that there are too many bin Laden stories: it's that there are any. I know how to get to CNN or the NYT and it's completely pointless to post bin Laden stories here period. I would also say that politics and religion, even if there'a some vague technology connection, should be verboten. There should be some minimum level of genuinely applied or theoretical computing or math content.

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