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No need to guess. The code is public, and (judging by firsthand experience) they seem to be using a similar if not identical version: https://github.com/arclang
by shawn 8y ago
No need to guess. The code is public, and (judging by firsthand experience) they seem to be using a similar if not identical version: https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki/blob/f01d3f9c661eed05511711a0f3388ca2a1d34fa2/news.arc#L1524-L1538 https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki/blob/f01d3f9c661eed055...
New users can submit up to 2 stories every 3 hours. Bad users can submit up to 1 story every 3 hours.
Looks like the bot is submitting at precisely that limit, but the timestamps aren't quite accurate enough. Some interested user could check the API to get the full times.
I wish there were some way to contact the bot author. I want to see the code. It's no small feat to write an effective bot.
- bscphil 8y agoThat's quite a lot. For a site with a single feed that <50 articles surface on every day, one would think one story a day would be more than sufficient for new users.
- quickthrower2 8y agoI think zero stories for new users until 100 karma would be better. It is going to be almost impossible to build 100 karma through comments with automation. By allowing new users to submit stories, they can build up enough karma to downvote all through automation. 1 a day would just slow the process but not stop the spammers.
- onetimemanytime 8y agoSomeone might just have as super-cool story...that's different. But one every 48 hours unless that story or user received x karma. A story every few hours is ridiculous for any user, let alone new users.
- shawn 8y agoEh, I think I disagree. If a story is good for HN, it doesn't matter where it came from or who posted it, or whether it was a bot. That fact is true independently of any other consideration.
- isostatic 8y agoThrowaway accounts for example, I might not want my employer linking my user with a given story that I post
- onetimemanytime 8y agoso submit one....