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I think it’s deliberate: subscribers cancelling their subscriptions over Jimmy Kimmel and/or price increases is old news, but if you spin it as subscribers faci

I think it’s deliberate: subscribers cancelling their subscriptions over Jimmy Kimmel and/or price increases is old news, but if you spin it as subscribers facing cancellation of (by implication) shows you can generate more engagement whilst credibly being able to claim it’s just a badly written headline. This is a garbage website. Look at how the article reads like it’s unfinished, like half of it is missing and there’s no conclusion. Look at the absolute irrelevance of the articles and ads underneath the article. It’s sort of unbelievable that it’s made it onto the front page here.

flippyhead 1y ago
Yeah and some of the things I've seen getting nowwhere in new or showhn ... I know it's not quite random, but luck is such a big factor as to what makes it onto the front page of HN
waltbosz 1y ago
Disable the vote buttons until the article link has been clicked? I feel like people often vote topics not content.
- bartread 1y ago
  That's what the flag button is for. You'll notice the article has been marked as flagged. I forget what the karma threshold is before it's unlocked though.
  - waltbosz 1y ago
    I always assumed flagging was for inappropriate off topic content, I never considered flagging lazy content.
    - bartread 1y ago
      By HN standards lazy is inappropriate. I don’t think it’s written quite that way but the intent is clear: high quality discussion of high quality content.