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What does HN feel about this? Is it curation from the staff or is it selective manipulation? On first blush, I'm for it... but I'd be interested to see what oth

by x2f10 7y ago

What does HN feel about this? Is it curation from the staff or is it selective manipulation? On first blush, I'm for it... but I'd be interested to see what others think.

krapp 7y ago
>Is it curation from the staff or is it selective manipulation? Curation is selective manipulation. Whether it's positive or negative correlates to whether you personally agree with it.
- bernardlunn 7y ago
  Yes. I generally find HN works ie surfaces interesting stuff. I judge HN by what not how. The how moan is often “they don’t like my stuff” sniff sniff
Insanity 7y ago
at first thought I'd be against it. Because they essentially bump what they think is good, and it does not (necessarily) reflect the community. Sometimes things slip through at HN though so giving a nudge to resubmit sounds like a good idea. Tbh, I don't really mind either way, I've enjoyed most content on here.
- marcosdumay 7y ago
  I guess a good community needs constant upkeep, like anything else in life. The community was created over what a few people thought was good content, and if left alone will probably get dissolved in some "large reddit" effect.
- dang 7y ago
  We bump what we think the community might like and is aligned with the site guidelines. And only to the lower half of the front page, whence it soon falls away if we guessed wrong. The posts aren't necessarily what we ourselves like or think is good; mostly we don't have time to decide on that.
  - vasco 7y ago
    You have time to decide if the community might like it but not if yourselves do? Bit weird.
    - dang 7y ago
      If you do something hundreds of times a day for years, you get fast at it. Also, don't forget I said "might". These are quick, approximate guesses.
  - Insanity 7y ago
    Fair enough. As I mentioned I am pretty happy with the content on here. Also happy with the moderations so thank you for that! :)
  - untilHellbanned 7y ago
    You have time to decide what to bump, but not to decide what you like? Makes no sense.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      I’ve upvoted opinion pieces that I disagree with, but I wanted to see what the community thought.
    - moorhosj 7y ago
      They explicitly said they bump what they think the community might like. It doesn’t take a thorough reading of every submission to make that guess.
      - hammock 7y ago
        It does, unless you want to create an echo chamber (which HN somewhat is)
        dang 7y ago
        What would make HN less of an echo chamber?
1337biz 7y ago
I like it. Hn is still worth checking a few times every day. Whatever the staff is doing, it feels like they keep the quality relatively stable.
qazpot 7y ago
Interesting thing to know would be - whether HN staff does not allow the stories that they disagree with, to get popular.

by x2f10 7y ago

What does HN feel about this? Is it curation from the staff or is it selective manipulation? On first blush, I'm for it... but I'd be interested to see what others think.

krapp 7y ago

>Is it curation from the staff or is it selective manipulation? Curation is selective manipulation. Whether it's positive or negative correlates to whether you personally agree with it.

bernardlunn 7y ago
Yes. I generally find HN works ie surfaces interesting stuff. I judge HN by what not how. The how moan is often “they don’t like my stuff” sniff sniff

Insanity 7y ago

at first thought I'd be against it. Because they essentially bump what they think is good, and it does not (necessarily) reflect the community. Sometimes things slip through at HN though so giving a nudge to resubmit sounds like a good idea. Tbh, I don't really mind either way, I've enjoyed most content on here.

marcosdumay 7y ago
I guess a good community needs constant upkeep, like anything else in life. The community was created over what a few people thought was good content, and if left alone will probably get dissolved in some "large reddit" effect.
dang 7y ago
We bump what we think the community might like and is aligned with the site guidelines. And only to the lower half of the front page, whence it soon falls away if we guessed wrong. The posts aren't necessarily what we ourselves like or think is good; mostly we don't have time to decide on that.
- vasco 7y ago
  You have time to decide if the community might like it but not if yourselves do? Bit weird.
  - dang 7y ago
    If you do something hundreds of times a day for years, you get fast at it. Also, don't forget I said "might". These are quick, approximate guesses.
- Insanity 7y ago
  Fair enough. As I mentioned I am pretty happy with the content on here. Also happy with the moderations so thank you for that! :)
- untilHellbanned 7y ago
  You have time to decide what to bump, but not to decide what you like? Makes no sense.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    I’ve upvoted opinion pieces that I disagree with, but I wanted to see what the community thought.
  - moorhosj 7y ago
    They explicitly said they bump what they think the community might like. It doesn’t take a thorough reading of every submission to make that guess.
    - hammock 7y ago
      It does, unless you want to create an echo chamber (which HN somewhat is)
      - dang 7y ago
        What would make HN less of an echo chamber?

1337biz 7y ago

I like it. Hn is still worth checking a few times every day. Whatever the staff is doing, it feels like they keep the quality relatively stable.

qazpot 7y ago

Interesting thing to know would be - whether HN staff does not allow the stories that they disagree with, to get popular.