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I hope this the HN moderator team is actively looking at this. Based on the live HN dataset on HuggingFace [0], it confirms that much of HN's recent traffic do

I hope this the HN moderator team is actively looking at this. Based on the live HN dataset on HuggingFace [0], it confirms that much of HN's recent traffic doesn't align with American hours. I've also been noticing some unused and underused accounts suddenly becoming active, showing hallmarks of an LOTL attack. Given HN's unique characteristics it is actually significantly at risk for such tactics. I've also been messing around with the types of responses I write over the past few months as a smoke test - it feels DRAGONBRIDGE-esque. [0] - https://huggingface.co/datasets/open-index/hacker-news https://huggingface.co/datasets/open-index/hacker-news

_DeadFred_ 7mo ago
HN won't even moderate when people's comments are flagged to death simply because they have the wrong opinion on Iran/Israel threads, showing the threads are just being used to push a one sided narrative not serve as a place for discussion.
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  That is actually one of my indicators - I found significantly higher flagging and mutual acrimony about West Asian affairs during non-US hours versus US hours irrespective of bias. What will be interesting is what happens on HN tomorrow - Sunday is the equivalent of Monday in MENA. Additionally, tne fact it took hours for this to get flagged is worrisome for me. I have also noticed increased usage of HackerSmacker. HN needs a hard ban on politics and much stricter off-topic controls to reduce the risk of misuse of HN. It will make HN significantly harder to use and for diamonds in the rough to arise, but will help ensure good faith discourse amongst users Also, this isn't meant to be a slight at the HN moderating team - they are doing commendable work, but there is a deluge that is very difficult to manage (so I can only imagine how much hard work they are putting into moderating already).
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g8oz 7mo ago
"People who don't agree with me must be foreign actors" Or maybe you need a wider circle of friends.

_DeadFred_ 7mo ago

HN won't even moderate when people's comments are flagged to death simply because they have the wrong opinion on Iran/Israel threads, showing the threads are just being used to push a one sided narrative not serve as a place for discussion.

alephnerd 7mo ago
That is actually one of my indicators - I found significantly higher flagging and mutual acrimony about West Asian affairs during non-US hours versus US hours irrespective of bias. What will be interesting is what happens on HN tomorrow - Sunday is the equivalent of Monday in MENA. Additionally, tne fact it took hours for this to get flagged is worrisome for me. I have also noticed increased usage of HackerSmacker. HN needs a hard ban on politics and much stricter off-topic controls to reduce the risk of misuse of HN. It will make HN significantly harder to use and for diamonds in the rough to arise, but will help ensure good faith discourse amongst users Also, this isn't meant to be a slight at the HN moderating team - they are doing commendable work, but there is a deluge that is very difficult to manage (so I can only imagine how much hard work they are putting into moderating already).
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g8oz 7mo ago

"People who don't agree with me must be foreign actors" Or maybe you need a wider circle of friends.