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Personally I find some of the "curation" on HN heavy handed
by Kinnard 10y ago
Personally I find some of the "curation" on HN heavy handed
- whamlastxmas 10y agoI would rather there be too much than too little. Reddit is impossible to use without frustration due to clickbait/misleading titles. Literally hundreds of times I have clicked to the comments section only to see nearly irrefutable evidence that the headline is completely wrong.
- Kinnard 10y agoI appreciate that. I do wish there were more transparency. Some changes made by moderators are just too mysterious.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoDang has done a pretty good job in the past of commenting when he changes the title or removes dupes/unproductive comment threads. He doesn't always, though. Really we could use more transparency in the "weighting" they do for stories that have no-no keywords (like "NSA") but I can't imagine they'd ever do that.
- Kinnard 10y agoIf that's true, it's creepy, scary, and disappointing. I wasn't aware that there were "no-no keywords". I hope it's not true.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoDang has discussed it himself and even specifically mentioned NSA as one of the keywords. He frames the "weighting" as a way to prevent subjects that get highly upvoted very quickly from overwhelming the front page. The issue here obviously is that this does artificially lower the ranking of select posts, and they're the ones choosing the keywords. I think it's bullshit, but whatever, it's their site.
- Kinnard 10y agoIt's disturbing for obvious reasons. You're right . . . it is their site.
- jimktrains2 10y agoWhat's worse is that in this case there is no title to the document. The one the mod changed it to is just as made up as the original one. In a way, one could view this title as an anti-clickbait title to keep people away from the topic, which is a very political move.
- Kinnard 10y agoI'm sad about it . . . But I agree. In any case, it looks like the title has been changed again.