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Re:"About 67k” sites are banned from submission on HN, the l... by idiotsecant on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @01:19PM (#37136644)
You can do A/B tests to figure out what sorts of behaviors ride the line of triggering bans vs what kinds of behaviors result in an outright ban. It lets you optimize for just-trash-enough to not get banned, which is not a desirable end state for users.
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Re:"About 67k” sites are banned from submission on HN, the l... by theultdev on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @01:31PM (#37136830)
That's a decent point, but I'm not sure if it's outweighed by the ability for users to discuss and validate the disallowed sources.
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