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And, at the one-hour mark, this post got knocked out of the top 10 on HN's front page to the 106th spot on the 4th page, for no stated reason, which has happene

by spenvo 2y ago

And, at the one-hour mark, this post got knocked out of the top 10 on HN's front page to the 106th spot on the 4th page, for no stated reason, which has happened before. (Perhaps it's HN's "flame war detector", idk; for me, that usually only knocks a post to Page 2). None of the comments are too negative about the piece. But in any case, this will likely get flagged by enough users, and I get it - people own a lot of this stuff. It's a major looming issue for the space though (Bitcoin dominates all other cryptos). It's another reason a project is in trouble: when you can't have tough and open conversations about it.

fragmede 2y ago
This forum is unfriendly for discussions about cryptocurrency. There are tough conversations happening about it, just not here, where the level of discourse about the subject itself is low. It's like saying the NBA is in trouble because there aren't open and tough discussions about it here. It might be, but pack of discussion here isn't signal of anything other than here's not a place for that discussion.
margalabargala 2y ago
At present, I see 29 points on the post, and 39 comments. My understanding of HN's flamewar detector is that having a post with more comments than points is a strong signal for flamewar. FWIW this article was on the front page for me regardless.
- spenvo 2y ago
  When the post was pushed off the front page, it had about 5x as many points as comments (here's a screenshot i took shortly before it was pushed down, with 9 points and 2 comments: https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/171/401/042/969/original/f4a3d87bae8fad63.png https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/1... ) When it was on Page 4, it kept accruing comments but not as many points. It hasn't been on the front page that I know of besides a 20-minute span, from when the post was ~30 minutes old to ~50 minutes old.

by spenvo 2y ago

fragmede 2y ago

This forum is unfriendly for discussions about cryptocurrency. There are tough conversations happening about it, just not here, where the level of discourse about the subject itself is low. It's like saying the NBA is in trouble because there aren't open and tough discussions about it here. It might be, but pack of discussion here isn't signal of anything other than here's not a place for that discussion.

margalabargala 2y ago

At present, I see 29 points on the post, and 39 comments. My understanding of HN's flamewar detector is that having a post with more comments than points is a strong signal for flamewar. FWIW this article was on the front page for me regardless.

spenvo 2y ago
When the post was pushed off the front page, it had about 5x as many points as comments (here's a screenshot i took shortly before it was pushed down, with 9 points and 2 comments: https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/171/401/042/969/original/f4a3d87bae8fad63.png https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/1... ) When it was on Page 4, it kept accruing comments but not as many points. It hasn't been on the front page that I know of besides a 20-minute span, from when the post was ~30 minutes old to ~50 minutes old.