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Thanks for replying and sorry I never got back to you about your experiments, but I have been busy (but apparently not too busy to waste my time on this!). I wi

by J3L2404 15y ago

Thanks for replying and sorry I never got back to you about your experiments, but I have been busy (but apparently not too busy to waste my time on this!). I will try to be better about my emails. The AskHN wasn't officially killed (more backdoor BS) it just can't be found except by direct link. I stopped looking thru AskHN at 300. I can't stand people not being upfront. If you do get an alternate site going I would love to help in anyway I can. Also HN seems to think we are a voting ring because when I upvote you it doesn't register. Whatever. I'll email you later.

ColinWright 15y ago
Thanks for replying and sorry I never got back to you about your experiments, No problem ... The AskHN wasn't officially killed (more backdoor BS) it just can't be found except by direct link. I stopped looking thru AskHN at 300. I suspect it was being flagged. There's a severe penalty on the rankings of items that get even a few flags. Your post has a hint of a rant, and no doubt people think it doesn't belong on Hacker News. It's not about startups, it's not about technology, it a conspiracy theory, and probably a few people flagged it as being "inappropriate." That's HN these days. Plus it had a ranking penalty already for being an "Ask HN" rather than the submission of a link. If you do get an alternate site going I would love to help in anyway I can. Cool. Email me and I'll send you a link. Also HN seems to think we are a voting ring because when I upvote you it doesn't register. <shrug> I've lost interest. I submit out of habit, read out of curiosity, and go elsewhere for most of my interesting stuff. You may, however, discover that if you wait 5 seconds and refresh the page then the upvote may count. It might not, but in my experience it usually does, even if it didn't register immediately. Just another consequence of the volume of traffic HN gets. FWIW, here are the first few links after searching for "ice age" on Twitter: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/06/14/a-mini-ice-age/ http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/06/14/a-mini-ice-age/ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/163264/20110615/sunspot-activity-ice-age-maunder-minimum-corona.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/163264/20110615/sunspot-acti...

by J3L2404 15y ago

ColinWright 15y ago

Thanks for replying and sorry I never got back to you about your experiments, No problem ... The AskHN wasn't officially killed (more backdoor BS) it just can't be found except by direct link. I stopped looking thru AskHN at 300. I suspect it was being flagged. There's a severe penalty on the rankings of items that get even a few flags. Your post has a hint of a rant, and no doubt people think it doesn't belong on Hacker News. It's not about startups, it's not about technology, it a conspiracy theory, and probably a few people flagged it as being "inappropriate." That's HN these days. Plus it had a ranking penalty already for being an "Ask HN" rather than the submission of a link. If you do get an alternate site going I would love to help in anyway I can. Cool. Email me and I'll send you a link. Also HN seems to think we are a voting ring because when I upvote you it doesn't register. <shrug> I've lost interest. I submit out of habit, read out of curiosity, and go elsewhere for most of my interesting stuff. You may, however, discover that if you wait 5 seconds and refresh the page then the upvote may count. It might not, but in my experience it usually does, even if it didn't register immediately. Just another consequence of the volume of traffic HN gets. FWIW, here are the first few links after searching for "ice age" on Twitter: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/06/14/a-mini-ice-age/ http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/06/14/a-mini-ice-age/ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/163264/20110615/sunspot-activity-ice-age-maunder-minimum-corona.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/163264/20110615/sunspot-acti...