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> Finally, there's no irony about this no longer being on the front page. Sure there is. It's an interesting conversation to me and it's being pushed away fro
by MegaButts 4y ago
> Finally, there's no irony about this no longer being on the front page.
Sure there is. It's an interesting conversation to me and it's being pushed away from the front page. I didn't say it was foul play, I said it was ironic. The algorithms are so fearful of controversy they push away interesting topics.
Also, I've emailed the mods many times before. My experiences have been mixed.
- TimTheTinker 4y ago> The algorithms are so fearful of controversy they push away interesting topics. That's just one of the tradeoffs. HN optimizes for curiosity, which does sometimes mean using blunt automated tools to fend off negative subjects. Fundamentally, I think over-meta-commenting on the state of HN is considered boring here (at least by the mods), since it's been covered so many times before.
- Karrot_Kream 4y agoHN prioritizes content with more upvotes than discussion. This is a very common "algorithm". Lobsters uses it, Twitter users call it being "ratio'd", etc. In my experience it works great. Most link aggregators try to optimize for good content, not good conversation starters.