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"RELATED VIDEOS: Thinkware Q800 Pro Dash Cam Captures Accident" Yes, very related, Popular Mechanics. Keep pushing "video views" so the marketing team can show

"RELATED VIDEOS: Thinkware Q800 Pro Dash Cam Captures Accident" Yes, very related, Popular Mechanics. Keep pushing "video views" so the marketing team can show the executive team how great their engagement numbers are. It would have been neat to see more pictures of... the bridge.

wtvanhest 7y ago
Normally, I'd downvote, but that was egregious. Forces the video to play in browser while reading the article without any intent to watch anything at all, let alone their completely unrelated video.
notelonmusk 7y ago
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." "We can’t measure what counts, so we count what we can measure."
dang 7y ago
Ok, let's use the MIT press release instead. URL changed from https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29426711/da-vinci-bridge/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a....
- vertis 7y ago
  It's almost worth building the ability to submit additional sources of the same story and being able to vote them up till they become the main link
  - dang 7y ago
    Who would identify which submissions are the same story?
    - vertis 7y ago
      I think it's just done by voting, anyone could submit an alternative link, but it would need X upvotes to be promoted to the primary link. I can see how this might not work so well with contentious stories, but when it's just linking to the primary source vs a poorly written article on a secondary source it might improve the experience. This is also true when something is paywalled but there are alternative versions. Edit: In my mind it's an additional facet, rather than just being done in comments. Maybe it's not even visible unless you're a high karma individual.
      - dang 7y ago
        Yes, this is close to the various scribbles in my head on this topic, which hopefully we can turn into working software one day.
gherkinnn 7y ago
Damn, that’s one useless website. Dozens of seconds pass and it still bounces about like a camel on crack. With all these KPIs people like optimising for, can’t a low rage quit rate be one too?

wtvanhest 7y ago

Normally, I'd downvote, but that was egregious. Forces the video to play in browser while reading the article without any intent to watch anything at all, let alone their completely unrelated video.

notelonmusk 7y ago

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." "We can’t measure what counts, so we count what we can measure."

dang 7y ago

Ok, let's use the MIT press release instead. URL changed from https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29426711/da-vinci-bridge/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a....

vertis 7y ago
It's almost worth building the ability to submit additional sources of the same story and being able to vote them up till they become the main link
- dang 7y ago
  Who would identify which submissions are the same story?
  - vertis 7y ago
    I think it's just done by voting, anyone could submit an alternative link, but it would need X upvotes to be promoted to the primary link. I can see how this might not work so well with contentious stories, but when it's just linking to the primary source vs a poorly written article on a secondary source it might improve the experience. This is also true when something is paywalled but there are alternative versions. Edit: In my mind it's an additional facet, rather than just being done in comments. Maybe it's not even visible unless you're a high karma individual.
    - dang 7y ago
      Yes, this is close to the various scribbles in my head on this topic, which hopefully we can turn into working software one day.

gherkinnn 7y ago

Damn, that’s one useless website. Dozens of seconds pass and it still bounces about like a camel on crack. With all these KPIs people like optimising for, can’t a low rage quit rate be one too?