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We don't need novelty accounts that regurgitate slogans and add nothing to the discussion on HN (whether this is sarcasm or not).
by narrowrail 10y ago
We don't need novelty accounts that regurgitate slogans and add nothing to the discussion on HN (whether this is sarcasm or not).
- grzm 10y ago"Novelty account" is an apt description. It's hard to judge these things without numbers, but have you noticed an increase in accounts of this type? Perhaps the past month or two? Edit to add: To be clear, I'm referring to single-use or single-topic accounts in general.
- zo1 10y agoI definitely felt that I saw a "surge" in Trump references during, and after the election, in all sorts of articles. Usually bad/fear-mongering, even coming from established accounts. Sometimes subtle, without explicit reference to him; but reading their text one can't help but feel like they're talking about him being elected and what that means.
- DanBC 10y agoI guess someone could scrape new user stories and new user comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories https://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories https://news.ycombinator.com/noobcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/noobcomments (A nicer use of those two feeds is to welcome new users, and gently provide information if they need it.)