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Yeah, I noticed that too. I’ve never had a post with such a growth in upvotes in the first 10-15 minutes. That immediately stopped when it was deranked. Made
by haswell 2y ago
Yeah, I noticed that too. I’ve never had a post with such a growth in upvotes in the first 10-15 minutes.
That immediately stopped when it was deranked. Made me think it either triggered some kind of circuit breaker, or the fact that the cited research is behind a paywall made someone flag it, but I’m definitely curious to know why.
- ryandrake 2y agoIt apparently can be both algorithmic and mods putting their thumb on the scale. Sometimes, if it's obvious and people start complaining, dang chimes in[1] to explain what happened in a specific case. It's not very transparent, but he's pretty good about answering specific questions about submission moderation. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720026
- haswell 2y agoSuper useful link. I wouldn't be surprised if it got flagged by folks who feel threatened by the idea, and there are clearly quite a few AI startups represented here, most of which are doing exactly what the research says is turning people off.
- blibble 2y ago> I wouldn't be surprised if it got flagged by folks who feel threatened by the idea yes, such as the VC fund that operates this website https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S24 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S24