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is this just a bot reposting old content?

by owenphen 2y ago

sph 2y ago
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- bmacho 2y ago
  Is this suspicious or just weird? You don't think it happened? edit: especially that OP indeed posts an old submission every hour.
  - Sharlin 2y ago
    OP appears legit, but yeah, woah that submission rate. Must be automated.
- walterbell 2y ago
  > After 13 years you have found the password to your account Subtle :) > logged in to call OP a bot for some reason? Why did the Persona call the Kettle black? Unsee!
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    > Why did the Persona call the Kettle black? > Unsee! ??? > Subtle :) It's too subtle for me, care to explain? I don't know if your comment is trying to point out the similar account ages, but that's not the point at all. sph has a zillion comments over 13 years, and owenphen has just this one. There is no pot calling the kettle black.
    - walterbell 2y ago
      My comment is supporting sph.. (whose comment shouldn't be flagged). A known human-by-profile fanf2f is accused of bot-hood by an unknown actor burning a 13-year (2011 vintage) nym/persona. sph calls that out without breaching HN guidelines. > ??? 2011 was a good year for grapes, er broadcasting, https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/reforming-smith-mundt https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/reforming-smith-mundt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City A denizen of one city must dutifully "unsee" (that is, consciously erase from their mind or fade into the background) the denizens, buildings, and events taking place in the other city – even if they are an inch away. This separation is emphasised by the style of clothing, architecture, gait, and the way denizens of each city generally carry themselves.
vhcr 2y ago
Does it matter?
yowzadave 2y ago
Almost certainly--judging by their submission timestamps, they appear to never sleep. I guess you can farm a lot of karma by just re-posting old popular posts.
pja 2y ago
Tony Finch is a real person: https://dotat.at/social.html https://dotat.at/social.html He used to be hostmaster@cam.ac.uk, amongst other things. Why he’s farming internet points on HN I’ve no idea!
- jon_adler 2y ago
  A small world. I checked out his site and discovered I worked with his wife. He’s the Finch in Coleman Finch. Rachel is you are reading this, Hi! Hope you are well.
rvnx 2y ago
There are bots on HackerNews, 3 kind of them: - Comments bots (like on other threads), usually to promote a crypto-thing. - Submissions bots to farm karma (likely one of them here). - Upvotes bots (taboo). Recent karma is necessary for upvoting other posts, as there is a system which makes you can't upvote if you didn't get upvoted yourself. If you can upvote some posts on HackerNews (as it would be on Reddit) you can help people make a lot of money, but again, you need recent karma.
- utensil4778 2y ago
  Is that why I see so many comments that are just a paragraph or two pulled directly from TFA with no commentary or even indication that it's a quote?
fanf2 2y ago
Not entirely a bot and not entirely old content. I’ve got a lot of good stuff in my link log https://dotat.at/:/ https://dotat.at/:/ so I thought it might be fun to share a few retro classics. There has been some good discussion, so it seems to be worth it.

is this just a bot reposting old content?

sph 2y ago

[flagged]

bmacho 2y ago
Is this suspicious or just weird? You don't think it happened? edit: especially that OP indeed posts an old submission every hour.
- Sharlin 2y ago
  OP appears legit, but yeah, woah that submission rate. Must be automated.
walterbell 2y ago
> After 13 years you have found the password to your account Subtle :) > logged in to call OP a bot for some reason? Why did the Persona call the Kettle black? Unsee!
- Dylan16807 2y ago
  > Why did the Persona call the Kettle black? > Unsee! ??? > Subtle :) It's too subtle for me, care to explain? I don't know if your comment is trying to point out the similar account ages, but that's not the point at all. sph has a zillion comments over 13 years, and owenphen has just this one. There is no pot calling the kettle black.
  - walterbell 2y ago
    My comment is supporting sph.. (whose comment shouldn't be flagged). A known human-by-profile fanf2f is accused of bot-hood by an unknown actor burning a 13-year (2011 vintage) nym/persona. sph calls that out without breaching HN guidelines. > ??? 2011 was a good year for grapes, er broadcasting, https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/reforming-smith-mundt https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/reforming-smith-mundt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City A denizen of one city must dutifully "unsee" (that is, consciously erase from their mind or fade into the background) the denizens, buildings, and events taking place in the other city – even if they are an inch away. This separation is emphasised by the style of clothing, architecture, gait, and the way denizens of each city generally carry themselves.

vhcr 2y ago

Does it matter?

yowzadave 2y ago

Almost certainly--judging by their submission timestamps, they appear to never sleep. I guess you can farm a lot of karma by just re-posting old popular posts.

pja 2y ago

Tony Finch is a real person: https://dotat.at/social.html https://dotat.at/social.html He used to be hostmaster@cam.ac.uk, amongst other things. Why he’s farming internet points on HN I’ve no idea!

jon_adler 2y ago
A small world. I checked out his site and discovered I worked with his wife. He’s the Finch in Coleman Finch. Rachel is you are reading this, Hi! Hope you are well.

rvnx 2y ago

There are bots on HackerNews, 3 kind of them: - Comments bots (like on other threads), usually to promote a crypto-thing. - Submissions bots to farm karma (likely one of them here). - Upvotes bots (taboo). Recent karma is necessary for upvoting other posts, as there is a system which makes you can't upvote if you didn't get upvoted yourself. If you can upvote some posts on HackerNews (as it would be on Reddit) you can help people make a lot of money, but again, you need recent karma.

utensil4778 2y ago
Is that why I see so many comments that are just a paragraph or two pulled directly from TFA with no commentary or even indication that it's a quote?

fanf2 2y ago

Not entirely a bot and not entirely old content. I’ve got a lot of good stuff in my link log https://dotat.at/:/ https://dotat.at/:/ so I thought it might be fun to share a few retro classics. There has been some good discussion, so it seems to be worth it.