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It is weird that I get this news item from my local general interest newspaper in Europe but not from the HN front page, isn't it? Posted another source (http

by lysace 2y ago

It is weird that I get this news item from my local general interest newspaper in Europe but not from the HN front page, isn't it? Posted another source (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653028) since I feel this needs a discussion. This one has a more descriptive headline though.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Yes very weird this isn’t on the front page
booleanbetrayal 2y ago
I also am a bit mystified as to why this isn't trending to the front.
- NewJazz 2y ago
  Not sure, but HN might down weight reuters due to paywall, and this story seems to be a Reuters-exclusive.
- tazu 2y ago
  It's probably because of the poorly-designed "flamewar detector" that censors posts if they are upvoted/downvoted too quickly. @dang explained it to me a few weeks ago[1] on another YC-related post that conveniently got scrubbed from the front page. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510285
freetime2 2y ago
Currently there is another OpenAI story on the front page about about Mira Murati leaving [1], and a couple of comments there are also talking about this news of OpenAI removing non-profit control [2] [3]. I tend to agree that this is the bigger story and more worthy of being on the front page, but HN tends to enjoy a bit of celebrity gossip so not surprising to me that the news of the CTO leaving would get more traction. I don't think it's any sort of conspiracy if that's what you're implying. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651038 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653013 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651601
- lysace 2y ago
  I see what you mean, but at the same time there is a value in this being discussed on its own. The celebrity gossip story is currently covering up the actual important news. (Yeah, I'll go with with that conspiracy theory, also known as a classic PR move.)
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by lysace 2y ago

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Yes very weird this isn’t on the front page

booleanbetrayal 2y ago

I also am a bit mystified as to why this isn't trending to the front.

NewJazz 2y ago
Not sure, but HN might down weight reuters due to paywall, and this story seems to be a Reuters-exclusive.
tazu 2y ago
It's probably because of the poorly-designed "flamewar detector" that censors posts if they are upvoted/downvoted too quickly. @dang explained it to me a few weeks ago[1] on another YC-related post that conveniently got scrubbed from the front page. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41510285

freetime2 2y ago

Currently there is another OpenAI story on the front page about about Mira Murati leaving [1], and a couple of comments there are also talking about this news of OpenAI removing non-profit control [2] [3]. I tend to agree that this is the bigger story and more worthy of being on the front page, but HN tends to enjoy a bit of celebrity gossip so not surprising to me that the news of the CTO leaving would get more traction. I don't think it's any sort of conspiracy if that's what you're implying. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651038 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653013 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41651601

lysace 2y ago
I see what you mean, but at the same time there is a value in this being discussed on its own. The celebrity gossip story is currently covering up the actual important news. (Yeah, I'll go with with that conspiracy theory, also known as a classic PR move.)

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