I've noticed a correlation between the rank ordering of stories and their content within the sections, usually in pairs. Is hackernews run by bots at this point?
Comments (3)
genezeta · 2h ago
My impression is HN is being more heavily spammed lately. This needs heavier automated filters and this means more legitimate links end up marked dead on arrival.
The end result is poorer content and less variety.
It may well be just my impression though.
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Other than that I don't know what exactly you mean by "their content within the sections" or what are you correlating to the rank.
DaveZale · 3h ago
There are humans involved. Contributions that are deemed worthy are kept on the front page long enough to accumulate more upvotes.
Years ago I was on reddit, but quit due to the bot activity (very arbitrary censorship). This site seems much more interesting. Always some good fresh topics and no ads :-)
bediger4000 · 1h ago
I don't think so. I have "showdead" turned on so I see the automatically dead articles. The usual suspects of certain sites and users appear. I will say that I'm seeing a lot more green-colored aliases submitting the automatically dead links. I suspect certain IP addresses and/or ASNs submissions are marked dead
The end result is poorer content and less variety.
It may well be just my impression though.
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Other than that I don't know what exactly you mean by "their content within the sections" or what are you correlating to the rank.
Years ago I was on reddit, but quit due to the bot activity (very arbitrary censorship). This site seems much more interesting. Always some good fresh topics and no ads :-)