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"Internet Points" are a strange thing. This is the 4th article that people have submitted from my blog in the last hour, evidently hoping to score some points
by jasonkester 10y ago
"Internet Points" are a strange thing.
This is the 4th article that people have submitted from my blog in the last hour, evidently hoping to score some points off the success of the other thing I have on the front page and thus be able to... well... there must be some benefit I'm not aware of.
But sure. It's fun to watch, and I'm happy for the traffic. Here's a link to the original discussion for this article, which actually turns out to be one of the first things that put Hacker News on to my radar:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=184930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=184930
It's also one of my personal favorites, so it's nice to see it get some renewed love.
- grzm 10y agoThat might be part of it. Could also be that they're finding your content useful and want to share :)
- divbit 10y ago>This is the 4th article that people have submitted from my blog in the last hour I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are some people who run ml or simpler algorithms to suggest posts- I at one time experimented with this kind of stuff on Reddit (ShittyCommentBot sadly got banned for some reason, and now appears to be deleted (thankfully)) edit: Also- cool blog
- pzh 10y agoIs it possible that the auto-submit link that says "Discuss on hacker news" right after the article could be contributing to these submissions?
- titanomachy 10y agoHN points are particularly useless as far as internet points go. You're the one who benefits, assuming you value the exposure.
- iou 10y agoLol, where is the faucet for these "Internet points"? I need some!