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Ask HN: What exact process do HN replies perform after analyzing a link?

2 points by anon115 4y ago

act as if you were making into a program/steps or asking GPT-3 to perform the same process.

PaulHoule 4y ago
The process is a mixture of different processes depending on who writes the reply and which process was chosen by the replier from their repertoire.
krapp 4y ago
Email dang in the contact link below, but if HN does anything interesting, they probably won't tell you lest they risk something being gamed for SEO. From what I can tell, it checks the html's metadata for a canonical link, and compares the link against a list of banned domains, and it probably assigns a quality weight to each domain as well.
- anon115 4y ago
  no I was talking about the people who reply.
  - MilnerRoute 4y ago
    There's been some discussion (for various sites) about what percentage of replies are written without actually reading any more than the headline. Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?
    - krapp 4y ago
      It seems to be common enough that they had to make a specific rule in the guidelines preventing people from calling it out.
      - News-Dog 4y ago
        >preventing people from calling it out. : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.< I think this means Not to ues the slur "Are a BOT" as in; your comment makes no sense.
        krapp 4y ago
        I was referring to the rule about not calling out people who comment without reading the headline: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
        News-Dog 4y ago
        True! I misconstrued your Point, Apologies! I fixated on the line by MilnerRoute; >Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?<
anigbrowl 4y ago
What does this even mean? There isn't one single way to evaluate all links, not sure why you'd think that.

2 points by anon115 4y ago

act as if you were making into a program/steps or asking GPT-3 to perform the same process.

The process is a mixture of different processes depending on who writes the reply and which process was chosen by the replier from their repertoire.

krapp 4y ago

Email dang in the contact link below, but if HN does anything interesting, they probably won't tell you lest they risk something being gamed for SEO. From what I can tell, it checks the html's metadata for a canonical link, and compares the link against a list of banned domains, and it probably assigns a quality weight to each domain as well.

anon115 4y ago
no I was talking about the people who reply.
- MilnerRoute 4y ago
  There's been some discussion (for various sites) about what percentage of replies are written without actually reading any more than the headline. Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?
  - krapp 4y ago
    It seems to be common enough that they had to make a specific rule in the guidelines preventing people from calling it out.
    - News-Dog 4y ago
      >preventing people from calling it out. : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.< I think this means Not to ues the slur "Are a BOT" as in; your comment makes no sense.
      - krapp 4y ago
        I was referring to the rule about not calling out people who comment without reading the headline: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
        News-Dog 4y ago
        True! I misconstrued your Point, Apologies! I fixated on the line by MilnerRoute; >Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?<

anigbrowl 4y ago

What does this even mean? There isn't one single way to evaluate all links, not sure why you'd think that.