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These must be some of those those “sufficiently smart manipulators (SSM)”, whose genius HN’s moderation is so utterly helpless against
by iron0013 6y ago
These must be some of those those “sufficiently smart manipulators (SSM)”, whose genius HN’s moderation is so utterly helpless against
- dang 6y agoWe caught those accounts months ago and their patterns were within the range we understand. I haven't had a chance yet to look at Troy's latest report to see if there's more that needs cleaning up, but that's a question of inbox load, not smartness. Edit: it would be interesting if anyone found recent submissions by these accounts that made HN's front page. If anyone does, please let me know at hn@ycombinator.com because I'd like to look at whether and why we missed something. HN has anti-abuse measures that do not show up publicly (because we don't want abusers to observe it) that ought to have prevented most if not all of that.