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I'm starting to wonder what's actually going on here. So many posts about the same subject from almost every mainstream source imaginable. But they're all getti
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
I'm starting to wonder what's actually going on here. So many posts about the same subject from almost every mainstream source imaginable. But they're all getting flagged and killed. I understand why all of those submissions are getting this treatment, but why are so many accounts still trying to post this news? Do they not see the new queue? Are they bots?
- slater 5y agoSome might be bots, but also, HN allows easy posting via bookmarklet https://news.ycombinator.com/submit https://news.ycombinator.com/submit
- gnicholas 5y agoIf someone doesn't have showdead turned on, they wouldn't see all the dead posts on /newest. They would just see that it's not on the front page and think that no one had yet posted it. This would be an increasingly unlikely explanation as time goes on, but with breaking news it's possible to be the first.
- bombcar 5y agoPeople see it, go to HN, don't see it on the front page, hit submit and submit it, and then it gets flagged dead.
- marto1 5y agoPart of it has to be for easy karma points. A lot of these headlines are specially crafted to arouse emotional responses from their readers especially if they are the "TV after work" kind of people. My personal opinion is I wouldn't want HN to turn into a mainstream news discussion board. It's not only pretty boring, but will also eventually attract other people interested only in that and the good stuff will drown.