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I recently saw a video about this in /r/Documentaries on Reddit. He Made A Million Dollar Shot And They Didn't Want To Pay Him - https://youtu.be/Lk4N2epJzgg h

by shagie 3y ago

I recently saw a video about this in /r/Documentaries on Reddit. He Made A Million Dollar Shot And They Didn't Want To Pay Him - https://youtu.be/Lk4N2epJzgg https://youtu.be/Lk4N2epJzgg The ESPN predates the YouTube video (April 11th vs July 14th)... possibly the inspiration for the video. Still a neat watch with other background information about how the insurance factors in.

ajnin 3y ago
Interesting, this video has been consistently pushed to me by the YouTube recommendation algorithm for the past 3 weeks. It looks like the recommender pressure is so strong it's influencing HN headlines.
- pprotas 3y ago
  It's also the #2 post on www.reddit.com/r/all: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kg058/til_in_1993_a_fan_at_a_chicago_bulls_game_won_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kg058/til_... Is there some kind of coordinated push to get this story out everywhere?
  - dcdc123 3y ago
    Probably more like a burst of views on a video boosts it in the algorithm.
    - pc86 3y ago
      Which causes more people to watch it, which increases the odds someone posts it to a different site and also increases the odds someone on that third site has already seen it and comments, etc. etc. A big surge in one site can affect multiple sites pretty easily, especially if they share a large proportion of their user base and/or users can easily bounce between them even if they're not regular users of one or the other. It's kind of tin foil hat territory to assume it's a "coordinated push" and not just how "the algorithm" + the internet works in general.
      - adhesive_wombat 3y ago
        Indeed, it's not called "viral content" for nothing!
  - code_runner 3y ago
    Its an interesting story that checks some boxes (michael jordan is still 11/10 popular, big organization refuses to pay, etc)... and the story is fairly brief... and has a good ending. I think the algorithm is just doing its thing.
  - 0xfae 3y ago
    I think instead it's that of the tens thousands of people who saw the video recently, maybe one of them posts it on reddit, and another posts it on HN. This is a common phenomenon, exactly like how the kid making the shot made similar contests more popular.
- lern_too_spel 3y ago
  It's an interesting story. Either OP watched the documentary and then posted the story, or an acquaintance of OP watched the documentary and then sent the article to OP.
gowld 3y ago
The video is an illustrated and narrated version of the article. The article is shown in the video.
smcl 3y ago
The way that title is worded reeks of very low quality “chum” articles. Can’t put my finger on it but there’s a very distinct clickbait style that I deliberately avoid.

by shagie 3y ago

ajnin 3y ago

Interesting, this video has been consistently pushed to me by the YouTube recommendation algorithm for the past 3 weeks. It looks like the recommender pressure is so strong it's influencing HN headlines.

pprotas 3y ago
It's also the #2 post on www.reddit.com/r/all: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kg058/til_in_1993_a_fan_at_a_chicago_bulls_game_won_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kg058/til_... Is there some kind of coordinated push to get this story out everywhere?
- dcdc123 3y ago
  Probably more like a burst of views on a video boosts it in the algorithm.
  - pc86 3y ago
    Which causes more people to watch it, which increases the odds someone posts it to a different site and also increases the odds someone on that third site has already seen it and comments, etc. etc. A big surge in one site can affect multiple sites pretty easily, especially if they share a large proportion of their user base and/or users can easily bounce between them even if they're not regular users of one or the other. It's kind of tin foil hat territory to assume it's a "coordinated push" and not just how "the algorithm" + the internet works in general.
    - adhesive_wombat 3y ago
      Indeed, it's not called "viral content" for nothing!
- code_runner 3y ago
  Its an interesting story that checks some boxes (michael jordan is still 11/10 popular, big organization refuses to pay, etc)... and the story is fairly brief... and has a good ending. I think the algorithm is just doing its thing.
- 0xfae 3y ago
  I think instead it's that of the tens thousands of people who saw the video recently, maybe one of them posts it on reddit, and another posts it on HN. This is a common phenomenon, exactly like how the kid making the shot made similar contests more popular.
lern_too_spel 3y ago
It's an interesting story. Either OP watched the documentary and then posted the story, or an acquaintance of OP watched the documentary and then sent the article to OP.

gowld 3y ago

The video is an illustrated and narrated version of the article. The article is shown in the video.

smcl 3y ago

The way that title is worded reeks of very low quality “chum” articles. Can’t put my finger on it but there’s a very distinct clickbait style that I deliberately avoid.