Re:'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spr...
by refulgentis on Friday April 05, 2024 @01:27PM
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Yeah, that's a very specific error for a specific function. HN has a thing where they can manually mark accounts as throttled - my understanding its when you have a habit of replying emotionally and repeatedly to the same thread. So this, helpfully, gives you a pseudo-timeout to reflect before jumping back in, which in theory increases constructive responses, and at least prevents littering.
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Re:'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spr...
by trimethylpurine on Friday April 05, 2024 @03:07PM
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I don't know where you're getting that from. dang has very clearly explained how it works in that post.
Re:'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spr...
by refulgentis on Friday April 05, 2024 @03:17PM
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"Your account is rate limited. We rate limit accounts when they post too many low-quality comments too quickly and/or get involved in flamewars."
What part of this differs from how I described it, except I was more polite and didn't say you were posting low-quality comments, or doing a flame war?
Your argumentative confusing responses used to frustrate me but you're putting a smile on my face now. Idk what's going on over there, but I have a feeling you know you're doing it, you're enjoying it, and I'm genuinely happy to hear that. יברכך יהוה וישמרך
Re:'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spr...
by trimethylpurine on Friday April 05, 2024 @04:19PM
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How would you automate a system that throttles low quality posts? It relies on downvotes. When people downvote your comments, you are "rate limited" for a short duration.
That, of course, leaves open the problem of people downvoting stuff they disagree with, regardless of quality.
Essentially, the system works, but in many cases, a downvote means you're right and the downvoter doesn't like being wrong. That causes an unjustified throttling. Oh well...