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The big issue with this approach is that it will destroy your sanity for things that are often a big bag of hype with nothing underneath. I often find HN to be

The big issue with this approach is that it will destroy your sanity for things that are often a big bag of hype with nothing underneath. I often find HN to be better because things that get on the front page are vetted beyond 'someone on twitter hyped up a thing'

lucb1e 6mo ago
> things that get on the [HN] front page are vetted beyond 'someone on twitter hyped up a thing' Interesting take. I'm not aware that anyone is doing vote rings or vote buying very successfully (considering that my own blog also makes it at an expected rate, and I know there isn't a group of friends voting that up) but I kinda assume that this is a thing for some of the bigger launches where they are hoping for conversions. Beyond a defined group coordinating their posts or votes, though, surely HN's front page can't be seen as vetted beyond "oh this looks trendy/hype"? People don't vote only after trying out the product or reading the full article. In many cases that would mean voting after it has already disappeared off of the front page for good
nomel 6mo ago
> Having an extensively curated list This is key.
oceanplexian 6mo ago
HN is still great but it’s in decline, I still hear about AI developments on r/LocalLlama and X sometimes weeks before they make it here if even at all. And all the commentary here is negative, skeptical and mean. It’s like Slashdot when Apple started ascending and everyone was complaining that iPods will never catch on.
- nailer 6mo ago
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- theshrike79 6mo ago
  You haven't seen negative AI sentiments until you visit Lemmy =)
  - vaylian 6mo ago
    Can you recommend any particular community on Lemmy for those negative sentiments?
    - theshrike79 6mo ago
      Just pick anything tech related and post something that's even mildly ambivalent about AI. Unless you're curbstomping AI for being "slop", you'll get an instant deluge of downvotes. FSM help you if you post something positive =)
      - vaylian 6mo ago
        > FSM help you if you post something positive =) Ramen

lucb1e 6mo ago

> things that get on the [HN] front page are vetted beyond 'someone on twitter hyped up a thing' Interesting take. I'm not aware that anyone is doing vote rings or vote buying very successfully (considering that my own blog also makes it at an expected rate, and I know there isn't a group of friends voting that up) but I kinda assume that this is a thing for some of the bigger launches where they are hoping for conversions. Beyond a defined group coordinating their posts or votes, though, surely HN's front page can't be seen as vetted beyond "oh this looks trendy/hype"? People don't vote only after trying out the product or reading the full article. In many cases that would mean voting after it has already disappeared off of the front page for good

nomel 6mo ago

> Having an extensively curated list This is key.

oceanplexian 6mo ago

HN is still great but it’s in decline, I still hear about AI developments on r/LocalLlama and X sometimes weeks before they make it here if even at all. And all the commentary here is negative, skeptical and mean. It’s like Slashdot when Apple started ascending and everyone was complaining that iPods will never catch on.

nailer 6mo ago
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theshrike79 6mo ago
You haven't seen negative AI sentiments until you visit Lemmy =)
- vaylian 6mo ago
  Can you recommend any particular community on Lemmy for those negative sentiments?
  - theshrike79 6mo ago
    Just pick anything tech related and post something that's even mildly ambivalent about AI. Unless you're curbstomping AI for being "slop", you'll get an instant deluge of downvotes. FSM help you if you post something positive =)
    - vaylian 6mo ago
      > FSM help you if you post something positive =) Ramen