Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by radicalbyte on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @08:09AM
(#38011918)
It's well known that to get to the front page you have to submit then get two dozen friends (with good rep) to upvote you within a short period of time.
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Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @08:18AM
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The post was on the front page for a while before it was removed.
Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by yorwba on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @10:49AM
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https://hnrankings.info/38001924/ has it on the front page only for one sample and it dropped off to rank 36 five minutes later.
Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by xeromal on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @11:31AM
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Anecdata but I saw it on the front page for a while. I thought this post was just following in that one's footsteps.
Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @11:53AM
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Since the moderation log is hidden I can only guess what happened. But last year we got the confirmation of the removal via email and the explanation was that the post wasn't "that interesting". https://twitter.com/chadwhitacre_/status/1716947994338021885
I expected this again and thus kept monitoring the index page actively. The post stayed on there for quite a while and suddenly dropped off to the second page and then a while later completely.
Re:Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
by radicalbyte on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:19PM
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Crazy I missed that. That certainly damages the trust I have in this site - it already benefits YC to have this community, they don't need to play favorites.
It feels like we're being treated as a sales funnel when they pull tricks like that.