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Re:HN is drowning in AI comments by waygtdai on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:58PM (#47201937)
I don’t think HN is any more resilient. The new account captcha is fairly tame and, while I’m sure they have proxy detectors and other things in place, it doesn’t stop new accounts from posting and getting traction.

Someone suggested earlier this week that an invite system should be implemented (I think lobsters has it?) I doubt it would fly here, but yeah.

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Re:HN is drowning in AI comments by verdverm on Saturday February 28, 2026 @09:32PM (#47203013)
It's the community moderation that keeps HN resilient, i.e. many-humans-in-the-loop
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Re:HN is drowning in AI comments by waygtdai on Saturday February 28, 2026 @10:27PM (#47203376)
That fell apart quickly due to sheer scale that AI operates at. Elsewhere in the thread a commenter mentioned a significant increase in Show HN. It is impossible to keep up. I wonder when HN will go down due to scaling issues.
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Re:HN is drowning in AI comments by Jensson on Sunday March 01, 2026 @01:45AM (#47204300)
You do see a lot more comments with AI tells in show-hn, I guess because not many view those so they aren't moderated out as quickly.
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