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Why are there two posts right next to each other with the exact same first sentence? > This turn of events means a likely ossification of American policy for a
by Trasmatta 6y ago
Why are there two posts right next to each other with the exact same first sentence?
> This turn of events means a likely ossification of American policy for a generation.
This was also posted by: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24522964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24522964
- refurb 6y agoI’m guessing they both read a Vox article that used that word and thought it sounded smart?
- Trasmatta 6y agoPutting aside the "ossification" drop, having the same sentence word for word, posted within a few minutes of each other is weird.
- 3131s 6y agoI don't have a link but I know it's happened in a few other HN comment sections. Of course we have no clue as to how HN's algorithm works and what they do to mitigate manipulation on this platform. I definitely notice corporate spam on certain topics from time to time.
- DenisM 6y agoPlease report it to the mods if you can find it. They asked that we do.
- papeda 6y agoGoogling "ossification of American policy for a generation" returns one result, this thread.
- refurb 6y agoA google news search for “ossification” turns up a ton of articles starting in 2017. Seems like it became a political buzzword back then. Kind of like “post-truth”.
- DenisM 6y agoI have reported this to the mods, per HN guidelines. Please do likewise if you see this again.
- DabbyDabberson 6y agoall the comments are gpt 3 generated.