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Although I'm certain HN has been gamed in the past (search through the top results on searchyc for high traffic blogs and you'll notice a trend, and high upvote
by shii 15y ago
Although I'm certain HN has been gamed in the past (search through the top results on searchyc for high traffic blogs and you'll notice a trend, and high upvotes with very few and completely worthless comments -- the effect of a content-less post), but in this case I'm not so sure.
I keep a hawkeye out whenever I see a post from a top blog on HN's frontpage, shit like this problogger, smashingweb, and mashable which are always either contentless diatribes or a bizarre summary of a link that's at the bottom of the post. There's a specific name for these types of posts but I forget exactly what. Anyways, this poster has a history if submitting from these major blogs anyways, so I think it's just a case of him/her being subscribed to their feeds.
The truly worrying part is seeing it with 100+ upvotes on the frontpage. That's not a good sign.
- vertr 15y agoFair enough. Thanks for the insight. I just saw 3 comments and 50+ upvotes and it seemed fishy.
- wyclif 15y agoThere's a specific name for these types of posts but I forget exactly what. Blogspam.
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- emanuer 15y agoI posted the link. Yes I subscribed to the problogger and found this story to be inspirational and posted it for this reason. I had no idea that problogger would be met wich such an furious amount of contempt. I will refrain from ever posting a link from them again.