Every metric becomes a target (Goodhart's law). Also, the plural of anecdote is not data.

The subjective anecdotes from HN users matter because they are not data and are much harder to game. Not impossible to game, always be aware of users with low karma, but more difficult than gaming a benchmark.

They add nothing, meaningless anecdotes. I was kind of riffing on that.

Yeah come on, if these endless dialectic statements get made, at least post more detailed information about how your position was attained.