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Page isn't loading, posted 18 mins ago by a green name, how did it already get 13 points? Anybody get a screenshot or archive link before it dropped? Found mor

by aliqot 4y ago

Page isn't loading, posted 18 mins ago by a green name, how did it already get 13 points? Anybody get a screenshot or archive link before it dropped? Found more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre Going to return when the site's back up.

zubi 4y ago
Off topic, but I was wondering what the green names signify since I started following HN. Can you please tell?
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  New account
  - zxexz 4y ago
    Do you know how long an account is “new” for?
    - aliqot 4y ago
      Activity threshold
mastazi 4y ago
At the moment there are 3 posts in HN home page by "green names". Nothing strange IMHO as I've never seen any indication that post ranking is affected by age of poster account.
- ShivShankaran 4y ago
  https://archive.ph/20160327060128/http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/pentagon-admits-spending-millions-study-manipulate-social-media-users.html https://archive.ph/20160327060128/http://www.washingtonsblog... This blog post was scrubbed from the internet shortly after. https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit... "Reddit has removed their blog post identifying Eglin Air Force Base as the most reddit-addicted "city" - Eglin is often cited as the source of some government social-media propaganda/astroturfing programs" Also note the same themed posts on reddit from accounts that are around 1-2 years old and have 4-5 random posts in last one year but are suddenly active posting about the war. "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free"
- Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
  It's actually a new, second account. I posted for post of a year, then had the original account deleted. I strayed too much from being on-topic (that topic being Redshift).
andreyk 4y ago
It seems to me that lots of things get upvotes from people who just want to discuss it and don't click to actually read it. In particular, I wonder how many things in the 'new' page actually get read before being upvoted -- links are usually on the first page of 'new' for only 15 minutes or something like that. It would be interesting to see the composition of the front page if people instead had to click first before being able to upvote.

by aliqot 4y ago

zubi 4y ago

Off topic, but I was wondering what the green names signify since I started following HN. Can you please tell?

reducesuffering 4y ago
New account
- zxexz 4y ago
  Do you know how long an account is “new” for?
  - aliqot 4y ago
    Activity threshold

mastazi 4y ago

At the moment there are 3 posts in HN home page by "green names". Nothing strange IMHO as I've never seen any indication that post ranking is affected by age of poster account.

ShivShankaran 4y ago
https://archive.ph/20160327060128/http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/pentagon-admits-spending-millions-study-manipulate-social-media-users.html https://archive.ph/20160327060128/http://www.washingtonsblog... This blog post was scrubbed from the internet shortly after. https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit... "Reddit has removed their blog post identifying Eglin Air Force Base as the most reddit-addicted "city" - Eglin is often cited as the source of some government social-media propaganda/astroturfing programs" Also note the same themed posts on reddit from accounts that are around 1-2 years old and have 4-5 random posts in last one year but are suddenly active posting about the war. "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free"
Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
It's actually a new, second account. I posted for post of a year, then had the original account deleted. I strayed too much from being on-topic (that topic being Redshift).

andreyk 4y ago

It seems to me that lots of things get upvotes from people who just want to discuss it and don't click to actually read it. In particular, I wonder how many things in the 'new' page actually get read before being upvoted -- links are usually on the first page of 'new' for only 15 minutes or something like that. It would be interesting to see the composition of the front page if people instead had to click first before being able to upvote.