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Now try with "weather". Yet there is a HN for machine learning[0] and one for Bitcoin[1] but none about finance nor the weather. I'm not sure what my point is e
by olalonde 4y ago
Now try with "weather". Yet there is a HN for machine learning[0] and one for Bitcoin[1] but none about finance nor the weather. I'm not sure what my point is except that maybe some generic popularity measure isn't a good predictor for whether a "HN for X" is likely to succeed.
[0] https://datatau.net https://datatau.net
[1] https://stacker.news https://stacker.news
- capableweb 4y ago> maybe some generic popularity measure isn't a good predictor for whether a "HN for X" is likely to succeed I agree, it probably isn't. Much is up to the people who chose to submit (quality) content and then moderation. Won't matter if the topic is the most popular one on Earth.