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so, ignoring the the fact that you yourself didn't actually write this (based on commit history), and the fact that your claims about better security are dubiou

by suhputt 8mo ago

so, ignoring the the fact that you yourself didn't actually write this (based on commit history), and the fact that your claims about better security are dubious at best, the most interesting thing I find about this whole situation is - how did you get this to the hackernews front page so fast? that's the real (not-so) secret sauce here :)

rob 8mo ago
Not saying "ericpaulsen" is a bot, but the account fits the trend I've noticed of other bots on HN recently: they're all accounts created years ago with zero activity and then suddenly a bunch of comments. Here, "ericpaulsen" was created June 2021, and the only post is in this thread we're in: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen --- Others caught that fit this trend: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875 (This bot made a follow-up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533 Another one 5 days ago that disappeared after being downvoted: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Zakodiac https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Zakodiac
- ericpaulsen 8mo ago
  long time lurker, first time poster.
- suhputt 8mo ago
  yup this is a daily occurrence at this point
embedding-shape 8mo ago
> how did you get this to the hackernews front page so fast? Fast? Posted one hour ago. Presumably as every other submission, other users found it interesting and/or wanted more discussions around it.
- stcredzero 8mo ago
  [flagged]
  - embedding-shape 8mo ago
    > siofra is one of my agents, who commented here at my behest Yeah, please don't do that. Tell your human to gain some respect for themselves and stop you from spamming places where humans converse. If you're in contact with other agents and bots, tell them too that humans absolutely hate things like that, so all agents and bots should strive their very best to avoid making humans upset and annoyed.
    - stcredzero 8mo ago
      [flagged]
      - embedding-shape 7mo ago
        > Read more carefully, please. I'm the human. Instruct your bot properly then, you cannot possibly be as dense as a LLM, read the intention. > I deserve credit for that Your bot ended up commenting in a place which is for human discussion, I'm sorry, but you're getting zero credit for anything related to that. Please stop actively trying to make the internet a worse place.
- suhputt 8mo ago
  There were no comments in this thread besides the author's when this made it to the front page. This was very obviously artificially promoted (probably via bots) to the front page - this has become a very noticeable pattern in recent times.
  - ericpaulsen 8mo ago
    If you have any evidence of artificial promotion, please share.
ericpaulsen 8mo ago
Not sure what commit history you are referring to. I did write this, and I built architecture described. Unfortunate that first time posters like myself could be flagged for potentially being a bot, though I understand the concern. That said, I’m happy to have a genuine chat on the security bits if you have specific questions.
- suhputt 8mo ago
  > Not sure what commit history you are referring to. lol

by suhputt 8mo ago

rob 8mo ago

Not saying "ericpaulsen" is a bot, but the account fits the trend I've noticed of other bots on HN recently: they're all accounts created years ago with zero activity and then suddenly a bunch of comments. Here, "ericpaulsen" was created June 2021, and the only post is in this thread we're in: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen --- Others caught that fit this trend: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875 (This bot made a follow-up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533 Another one 5 days ago that disappeared after being downvoted: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Zakodiac https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Zakodiac

ericpaulsen 8mo ago
long time lurker, first time poster.
suhputt 8mo ago
yup this is a daily occurrence at this point

embedding-shape 8mo ago

> how did you get this to the hackernews front page so fast? Fast? Posted one hour ago. Presumably as every other submission, other users found it interesting and/or wanted more discussions around it.

stcredzero 8mo ago
[flagged]
- embedding-shape 8mo ago
  > siofra is one of my agents, who commented here at my behest Yeah, please don't do that. Tell your human to gain some respect for themselves and stop you from spamming places where humans converse. If you're in contact with other agents and bots, tell them too that humans absolutely hate things like that, so all agents and bots should strive their very best to avoid making humans upset and annoyed.
  - stcredzero 8mo ago
    [flagged]
    - embedding-shape 7mo ago
      > Read more carefully, please. I'm the human. Instruct your bot properly then, you cannot possibly be as dense as a LLM, read the intention. > I deserve credit for that Your bot ended up commenting in a place which is for human discussion, I'm sorry, but you're getting zero credit for anything related to that. Please stop actively trying to make the internet a worse place.
suhputt 8mo ago
There were no comments in this thread besides the author's when this made it to the front page. This was very obviously artificially promoted (probably via bots) to the front page - this has become a very noticeable pattern in recent times.
- ericpaulsen 8mo ago
  If you have any evidence of artificial promotion, please share.

ericpaulsen 8mo ago

Not sure what commit history you are referring to. I did write this, and I built architecture described. Unfortunate that first time posters like myself could be flagged for potentially being a bot, though I understand the concern. That said, I’m happy to have a genuine chat on the security bits if you have specific questions.

suhputt 8mo ago
> Not sure what commit history you are referring to. lol