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The more "look how many hits we got from HN" posts that get voted up, the more people will be enticed to spam/game HN. I'd like to see a moratorium on this kin
by chaosmachine 16y ago
The more "look how many hits we got from HN" posts that get voted up, the more people will be enticed to spam/game HN.
I'd like to see a moratorium on this kind of meta-content.
As PG said: "There ought to be a word for this phenomenon where people follow a post that got them a lot of traffic from HN with another about how much traffic they got."
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2371252 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2371252
- dwwoelfel 16y agoThis article would have been much more valuable if the "look how many hits we got" served as a backdrop for an analysis of the marketing strategy they mentioned. It's much easier to post graphs and numbers than it is to do a proper analysis of strategy, which is why we see so many of the former and so few of the latter.
- skyfallsin 16y agoIt's coming.
- skyfallsin 16y agoWe thought it would be useful since a lot of new startups do wind up showing their work on HN before anyone else picks them up. We were trying to show folks what to expect, and the ramifications of getting that kind of traffic coupled with a strong viral loop.