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How is all this insane Twitter news not making the front page of Hacker News?

kossTKR 4y ago
It´s a bit weird? This is all over twitter, one of the biggest tech stories in a long time while very relevant to corporate culture in general - but there´s almost dead silence here? That said the story and musk shenanigans in general is also quite annoying at this point.
shagie 4y ago
There are various algorithms around the front page of HN. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16020089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16020089 where dang has a "overheated discussion detector" to try to give things a chance to cool off. Too much material on a single topic likely also gets down rated (similar to how posts about politics get less visibility).
- century19 4y ago
  Not working well here then since this should be on the Front Page. Your explanation sounds correct though.
  - shagie 4y ago
    I think of it as "HN has anti-engagement algorithms to avoid single topics from getting too much front page space in a period of time." Note that there's also a secret page of /pool ( https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool ) that has articles that are considered for being given a second shot.
joegahona 4y ago
One ongoing thread might be better, but it's hard to argue that this is not big tech news. HN users cut through the noise of Twitter replies, and I enjoy reading what they have to say, so I'm having to search "Twitter" in HN's search and sort by "last 24 hours."
- encryptluks2 4y ago
  Same.. but HN has opportunity to grow and adopt to different styles of communities. I believe eventually people here will find a different home that doesn't "censor" what is on the front page while at times allowing a bunch of PR-based posts to trend.
burntalmonds 4y ago
I've been wondering the same thing. It's the first time I've ever noticed something like this. But Twitter stories appear to be getting buried for some reason.
- mongol 4y ago
  Same with stories on Ukraine. Although that can be seen as political I guess.
faeriechangling 4y ago
It's a more efficient use of peoples time to let the drama shake out and then read up on it later? Not everybody cares to hear a play by play of every inappropriate fart that Elon Musk passes.
krapp 4y ago
It was overwhelming the site a few days ago, but I assume the mods weighed it down to make room for other, better stories. Rubbernecking the slow train wreck that is the collision of Elon Musk's ego with the brutal reality of his technical limitations may be fun and cathartic for a certain kind of personality, but it isn't exactly gratifying to intellectual curiosity.

It´s a bit weird? This is all over twitter, one of the biggest tech stories in a long time while very relevant to corporate culture in general - but there´s almost dead silence here? That said the story and musk shenanigans in general is also quite annoying at this point.

shagie 4y ago

There are various algorithms around the front page of HN. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16020089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16020089 where dang has a "overheated discussion detector" to try to give things a chance to cool off. Too much material on a single topic likely also gets down rated (similar to how posts about politics get less visibility).

century19 4y ago
Not working well here then since this should be on the Front Page. Your explanation sounds correct though.
- shagie 4y ago
  I think of it as "HN has anti-engagement algorithms to avoid single topics from getting too much front page space in a period of time." Note that there's also a secret page of /pool ( https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool ) that has articles that are considered for being given a second shot.

joegahona 4y ago

One ongoing thread might be better, but it's hard to argue that this is not big tech news. HN users cut through the noise of Twitter replies, and I enjoy reading what they have to say, so I'm having to search "Twitter" in HN's search and sort by "last 24 hours."

encryptluks2 4y ago
Same.. but HN has opportunity to grow and adopt to different styles of communities. I believe eventually people here will find a different home that doesn't "censor" what is on the front page while at times allowing a bunch of PR-based posts to trend.

burntalmonds 4y ago

I've been wondering the same thing. It's the first time I've ever noticed something like this. But Twitter stories appear to be getting buried for some reason.

mongol 4y ago
Same with stories on Ukraine. Although that can be seen as political I guess.

faeriechangling 4y ago

It's a more efficient use of peoples time to let the drama shake out and then read up on it later? Not everybody cares to hear a play by play of every inappropriate fart that Elon Musk passes.

krapp 4y ago

It was overwhelming the site a few days ago, but I assume the mods weighed it down to make room for other, better stories. Rubbernecking the slow train wreck that is the collision of Elon Musk's ego with the brutal reality of his technical limitations may be fun and cathartic for a certain kind of personality, but it isn't exactly gratifying to intellectual curiosity.