Re:Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?
by prox on Saturday December 23, 2023 @05:06AM
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Don’t forget to archive it with responsible parties, like for future history and anthropological research. It would be a shame to loose so much of public discourse, especially if it’s so influential.
Re:Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?
by sedatk on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:27PM
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It's been subject to many academical research projects[1], I lost count now. It even made it into books[2][3]. We used to provide raw text dumps to researchers, or they would crawl the site themselves. One interesting paper claimed that Eksi Sozluk users were able to detect earthquakes very early and reliably[4]. Internet Archive also hangs around the site, archiving here and there. But a proper and full archive should be preserved, I agree.
[1] https://scholar.google.com/scholar?lr=lang_en&q=eksi+sozluk&...
[2] https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Global-...
In fact, the community dynamics resemble Reddit a lot despite having significant differences in layout and format. Irony, sarcasm, harsh criticism are common yet tolerance of differing viewpoints is relatively high compared to other platforms where people just flock to their own bubble or just block everyone else who they don't agree with.
It's fun too, has a rich history spanning a quarter century, and has been quite influential.