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The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss

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479 points jgruber | 2 comments | 27 Mar 25 00:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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cptcobalt ◴[27 Mar 25 01:54 UTC] No.43489653[source]▶
I would like to see more DF on HN. The something rotten in Cupertino was a shattering post—people in my circle who do not read DF were discussing and sending it around, and I work at a place where so many dang people read HN. So I agree with Gruber’s concern.

I’m surprised this post too is already flagged.

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jgruber ◴[27 Mar 25 02:05 UTC] No.43489710[source]▶
Me too.
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epaga ◴[27 Mar 25 05:56 UTC] No.43490731[source]▶
Agree!

To be clear though it is not some backend thing by dang etc. but rather users with enough reputation to get the flag button are flagging your posts just because they don’t like you. That is the likeliest explanation.

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thomassmith65 ◴[27 Mar 25 07:47 UTC] No.43491263[source]▶
The apparent 'ban' may related to the site's popularity.

Who knows how the algorithm here works exactly, but people submit daringfireball links regularly...

...and few HN users would like HN to function as a link aggregator that just shows a random selection of the same dozen sites, day after day.

One solution would be to penalise domains a little the more frequently they are submitted. Seems like a plausible explanation.

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1. jachee ◴[29 Mar 25 03:39 UTC] No.43512518[source]▶
The frequency with which Wikipedia links hit the front page sorta bucks this idea.
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2. thomassmith65 ◴[29 Mar 25 05:39 UTC] No.43513058[source]▶
That may be right. Unfortunately, while I have seen Wikipedia articles on HN, my memory is not sharp enough to recall for how long they stuck around on the front page.