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This is amazing Edit: Just found out HN deletes emojis! --- On a more serious note, it's a bit sad how close this is to actual algorithm-driven social media

This is amazing Edit: Just found out HN deletes emojis! --- On a more serious note, it's a bit sad how close this is to actual algorithm-driven social media or news-based platforms.

20after4 10mo ago
It's kind of sad how close this is to actual hacker news headlines.
- Cthulhu_ 10mo ago
  Actual HN headlines should be the actual headlines of the linked articles, what actual examples are you thinking of though?
  - IAmBroom 10mo ago
    Perhaps the ones that are clickbait in the original?
    - 20after4 10mo ago
      Exactly. Clickbait, even if it's a bit less blatant, is still common place on hacker news.
dkdcio 10mo ago
> algorithm-driven hackernews is algorithm-driven too; the difference is incentives (namely paid ads)
- bryanhogan 10mo ago
  Yes, that's true, thanks for highlighting. Should instead say personalised algorithms and targeted ads.
  - dkdcio 10mo ago
    np, it is a hobby horse of mine to point this out in case people are reading and haven’t thought about the difference in some of these algorithms and others