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A comment on Ask HN: Autoposting script?.

Re:Ask HN: Autoposting script? by Tichy on Monday March 31, 2008 @05:42AM (#150899)
Is really every XKCD cartoon appearing on HN? I don't subscribe to xkcd, and I was hoping only a few actually get posted here.

The "problem" of bots and news sites is an interesting one, though. But why not experiment on Reddit, rather than HN?

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Re:Ask HN: Autoposting script? by bkrausz on Monday March 31, 2008 @06:22AM (#150916)
I'm not experimenting so much as trying to provide a beneficial service (at 6am the differences blur significantly though).

I'd say around 25% of xkcd's are remotely relevant to this site, the question is whether or not an automated source of 1:3 signal/noise ratio is worth it.

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