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Well that was extremely suspicious. New thread, on the first page of HN, getting tonnes of comments very quickly. Almost all of them very negative about Airbnb,
by yashap 3y ago
Well that was extremely suspicious. New thread, on the first page of HN, getting tonnes of comments very quickly. Almost all of them very negative about Airbnb, a HN company, and then the thread magically disappears from the front page? Went through the first 5 pages and still can’t find it.
First time I’ve seen this, I’m sure there will be some excuse, but I find it hard to believe that’s a coincidence.
- dang 3y agoIt set off the flamewar detector. That's not "extremely suspicious", that's one of the most common things that happens on HN and has been for 15 years. The problem with this sort of observation is that certain data points leap out at you (I don't mean you personally, but all of us) because of your priors. (For example, you're much more likely to notice something that you disagree with or dislike.) They then appear to have a lot more significance than they would if you had noticed all the equivalent data points equally. Past explanations in case helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... As for Airbnb, the HN threads have been predominantly negative for many years, as anyone can verify with a minute or two on HN Search.