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HN's algorithm is great at pushing linkbait, self-help articles, and frameworks associated with popular languages to the top. None of those are interesting to
by achompas 15y ago
HN's algorithm is great at pushing linkbait, self-help articles, and frameworks associated with popular languages to the top.
None of those are interesting to me, however, so a personalized HN classifier is awesome.
- Gring 15y agoDon't you think that submissions are motivated by getting to the home page? So with time, submissions become similar to what's on the home page. If the home page is so bad according to you, wouldn't you agree that the actual submissions still be a sub-par source for your filter, and a different source would be preferable?
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- achompas 15y agoIf the home page is so bad according to you Guess I wasn't too clear when I said "the top," but I meant the top of the homepage. I still read interesting articles on the home page occasionally (especially those on functional programming and the new JVM-based languages), so I'd love to capture those instead of "random HN startup sells to LinkedIn" or "five things Steve Jobs did while pooping."