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Doesn't HN automatically flag/throttle articles if its heuristics detect a possible flamewar or potentially hot button issue? I might be misremembering this.
by Zancarius 10y ago
Doesn't HN automatically flag/throttle articles if its heuristics detect a possible flamewar or potentially hot button issue? I might be misremembering this.
- dhbanes 10y agoPerhaps, but if you look at the comments from the original submission, there is little evidence of a flame war brewing.
- Zancarius 10y agoTrue. I do wonder if it may auto-flag rapidly rising submissions as part of astroturfing prevention or similar? (Flamewar was a bad example, I admit. Sorry about that.)
- 3131s 10y agoI remember hearing that too. If the algorithm works that way, it would be easy to manipulate. Start a flame war and watch the subject of your choosing receive only limited coverage and commentary (e.g. a competitor's product, bad news about your company, the US war machine, etc.).