Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by dang on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:30AM
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I'm not saying you're wrong and anyway it is hard, if not impossible, to evaluate objectively—but I can tell you two things for sure. One is that people have been saying more or less exactly this about HN for at least 15 years; the other is that HN is subject to a lot of random fluctuations, and random swings tend to get interpreted by humans as long-term trends—not because they are, but because that is what humans do.
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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by dredmorbius on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:43PM
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In addition to my sibling comment: HN also steps in to quash developing negative patterns in all sorts of ways. There's a long list of banned sites, there is the flamewar detector (though I've ... questions ... about that), dupes detection (or flagging), there are weightings and penalties given to various sites. I believe also some keyword and other patterns are looked for as well, "Reddit" being among ones dang's recently discussed.
So yes, occasionally some new pattern or trend will emerge, but HN adapts to those fairly quickly.