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Silencing Hackernews

by diablo1 on 6/24/20, 4:39 PM with 3 comments

  • by verdverm on 6/24/20, 4:45 PM

    May 20 his reality hits home, experiment ended. HN is the best and only decent forum for tech on the internet that isn't overrun with garbage posts and comments being jammed down my eye holes by an "ai" "ad" negative feedback loop machine.

    Thanks for being great HN!

    Maybe the key points are

    - single shared feed

    - all post start out equal*

    - no following or social features other than comments

    * HN companies have some special privileges

  • by PaulHoule on 6/24/20, 4:45 PM

    See

    https://ontology2.com/essays/HackerNewsForHackers/

    and

    https://ontology2.com/essays/ClassifyingHackerNewsArticles/

    Later on I built a workflow system for handling a job application workflow based on the same principles. The first article was a big hit on HN (e.g. a good use of the "No True Scotsman" trope) but the second has never really appealed to people for some reason.