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Does anyone know why there are so many dead posts on /shownew? Maybe a fifth of all posts end up dead for no obvious reason. They seem just like any other Show
by mike_hearn 4y ago
Does anyone know why there are so many dead posts on /shownew? Maybe a fifth of all posts end up dead for no obvious reason. They seem just like any other Show HN thread, and nothing is clearly wrong with the posting accounts either.
- scrapcode 4y ago"The post was killed by software, user flags, or moderators. [...] If you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you can vouch for it. Click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'vouch' at the top. When enough users do this, the post is restored. There's a small karma threshold before vouch links appear." [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- mike_hearn 4y agoRight, but that doesn't really answer my question. The stories appear harmless and so many are flagged it has to be automated. So presumably it's software driven. But - why? With political or contentious topics it's usually obvious why stories go dead but for /shownew it's not.
- scrapcode 4y agoThe "killed by software" is my best guess. Probably more of a strict filtering algo and not as many users trying to reverse the process.