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How long would it take you to automate this process and pin it to the top or side? Date/#comments
by melling 7y ago
How long would it take you to automate this process and pin it to the top or side?
Date/#comments
- dang 7y agoProbably until we get AGI, since I looked at the threads and decided which ones were interesting. It's often the case that several searches are involved, too; not just matching identical URLs. Software could certainly help, though.
- emmelaich 7y agoAGI?
- melling 7y agoThat’s the part where we crowdsource and vote.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoOr, Mturk the s*%t out of it. You can do it for the top 10-15 stories of the day, for probably 2-3$ each.
- SkyMarshal 7y agoYou could probably just have a dumb bot post all prior links to the submitted URL with # of upvotes and comments for each one, then leave it to the readers to sort through which are interesting. I’m sure you’d get at least some folks digging through and reposing interesting/informative comments from previous discussions, helping stimulate the current discussion. Not perfect but good enough and relatively simple.
- dang 7y agoTotally agree! but then the question becomes how to fit that in the UI in a way that doesn't break HN's minimalism.
- SkyMarshal 7y agoJust have the bot post it as a comment in the new post’s thread? Optionally sticky that comment, but probably not necessary, it will probably be voted near the top.
- ryacko 7y agoClick on past next to the main link. Will take you to a search page of all past results for this single link.
- hammock 7y agoKind of nukes any new discussion around this though... I don't see any other comments here with 40+ upvotes on the article.