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Don't submissions here get screened? I was under that impression. Also, this doesn't apply to stuff that has hundreds of votes. But even ignoring all that, jus
by PavlovsCat 14y ago
Don't submissions here get screened? I was under that impression. Also, this doesn't apply to stuff that has hundreds of votes.
But even ignoring all that, just as an Gedankenexperiment: Yeah, and? Stuff has to stick around for quite a while to rise, domains have to be known, etc. It's easy to get "into the index", just as easy to drop out of it, but when it comes to any real traction even a front page post for hours is just a blip.
- dasil003 14y agoI thought we were speaking in general not about HN specifically. In any case, no they are not screened. Submit a story and witness it appear instantly at http://news.ycombinator.com/newest http://news.ycombinator.com/newest
- PavlovsCat 14y agoI thought we were speaking in general not about HN specifically. Not just HN, but I replied to this, so no: "(e.g. HN, Reddit, StackOverflow)"
- DanBC 14y agoHN has some lists of sites that will always be dead, and some hellbanned users who's posts will always be dead. All posts go to (http://news.ycombinator.com/newest http://news.ycombinator.com/newest). It's a good idea to visit that page and upvote the great content, ignore the not so great content, and flag the really bad stuff. I think, but I could be wrong, that any user can flag an article. But maybe there's a karma threshold.