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Is it me or are there an extremely large number of front-page stories from The Atlantic today? There are three on the frontpage right now, with 2 more in the n

Is it me or are there an extremely large number of front-page stories from The Atlantic today? There are three on the frontpage right now, with 2 more in the next three pages (all of which frontpaged at least for a moment).

kamkazemoose 14y ago
I definitely noticed that as well. It could be a self-propagating cycle? Maybe people see an article from The Atlantic, then while they're there they find another article and post that? The more people post articles from The Atlantic, the more people who go and read other articles there and go on to post them here. And personally, I think it is a pretty good publication. They have some interesting stories and they are generally well written.
mattdeboard 14y ago
The Atlantic was banned from reddit for spamming last year. Wouldn't surprise me if they were doing the same BS here.
- shardling 14y ago
  Well, the submitter of this article has a 5 year old account. They frequently submit news articles from a variety of sources, and are also an active commenter. (Though, they do seem to like posting quotes.) The other two atlantic articles on the front page are from 2-3 year old accounts that likewise post a lot of pieces from various newspapers. You're welcome to dig through their posting history for a conspiracy, but it's not jumping out at me.
  - Avshalom 14y ago
    Doesn't necessarily have to be the poster, the upvoters are the ones that get it on the front page.
    - shardling 14y ago
      Hmm, you know, my comment defending the Atlantic posters actually does have a weird amount of upvotes. (Not a joke -- it's at +37 right now, which seems high given its placement and late timing in the thread.)
  - rrreese 14y ago
    I like the fact that you investigated this before posting rather then being "ra ra conspiracy" like the other posters.
    - mattdeboard 14y ago
      It's not a conspiracy, it's a well-known and common business practice for content companies.
      - shardling 14y ago
        I, at least, meant conspiracy in the more literal sense: people coordinating in secret.
  - mattdeboard 14y ago
    Doesn't have to be new accounts. "Pay to post" is a regular occurrence and a lucrative side business for people on high-traffic, user-curated content sites like Reddit and Digg.
epa 14y ago
Seems suspect. Not sure why this type of content is being posted on hacker news. It's a poorly written article not having to do with this site's prerogative..
booruguru 14y ago
Maybe its because The Atlantic consistently produces high quality content that deserves to be on the HN front page.

kamkazemoose 14y ago

I definitely noticed that as well. It could be a self-propagating cycle? Maybe people see an article from The Atlantic, then while they're there they find another article and post that? The more people post articles from The Atlantic, the more people who go and read other articles there and go on to post them here. And personally, I think it is a pretty good publication. They have some interesting stories and they are generally well written.

mattdeboard 14y ago

The Atlantic was banned from reddit for spamming last year. Wouldn't surprise me if they were doing the same BS here.

shardling 14y ago
Well, the submitter of this article has a 5 year old account. They frequently submit news articles from a variety of sources, and are also an active commenter. (Though, they do seem to like posting quotes.) The other two atlantic articles on the front page are from 2-3 year old accounts that likewise post a lot of pieces from various newspapers. You're welcome to dig through their posting history for a conspiracy, but it's not jumping out at me.
- Avshalom 14y ago
  Doesn't necessarily have to be the poster, the upvoters are the ones that get it on the front page.
  - shardling 14y ago
    Hmm, you know, my comment defending the Atlantic posters actually does have a weird amount of upvotes. (Not a joke -- it's at +37 right now, which seems high given its placement and late timing in the thread.)
- rrreese 14y ago
  I like the fact that you investigated this before posting rather then being "ra ra conspiracy" like the other posters.
  - mattdeboard 14y ago
    It's not a conspiracy, it's a well-known and common business practice for content companies.
    - shardling 14y ago
      I, at least, meant conspiracy in the more literal sense: people coordinating in secret.
- mattdeboard 14y ago
  Doesn't have to be new accounts. "Pay to post" is a regular occurrence and a lucrative side business for people on high-traffic, user-curated content sites like Reddit and Digg.

epa 14y ago

Seems suspect. Not sure why this type of content is being posted on hacker news. It's a poorly written article not having to do with this site's prerogative..

booruguru 14y ago

Maybe its because The Atlantic consistently produces high quality content that deserves to be on the HN front page.