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We need to write some software that generates low-quality articles like this and then submits them to hn automatically. Candidates:

. $x is dead

. the rise and fall of $x

. new battery breakthrough claims to $x

. Ask HN: $question_where_the_answer_is_my_own_business

. <Google|Apple> <unveils|retires> create_rand_product_name($technology)

. Study reveals random_food() <increases|decreases> risk of random_quality()

. <any string of english words that contains "Machine Learning" or "AI">

. A random_quality() RayTracer in random_tech()

. ??? suggestions welcome

This would then force hn to have some sort of filtering/moderation.

Randy's law 247: The easiest way to fix a non-trivial system is to abuse it.



Or, just let the system work as it has very well for many years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18003343


This article is quite a poor example of the issue you are referring to - it's quite a detailed look at the technical history of RSS - but I love your regex spam queries.

Ask HN: $question_where_the_answer_is_my_own_business is my personal favourite.


They changed the hn title at least once. It was "rise and demise". Go here [0] and click on past:

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18002503


Understood - that's also the name of the actual article, although on reflection this article is a bit weirder then your average click bait.

Normally a rise and fall, etc, is only a title looking for eyeballs - what's most odd about this otherwise well researched article is that the last two paragraphs actually proclaim RSS's death, when this is clearly not the case. It's not as prominent without a flagship corporate app like google reader, as noted by the author, but it's nearly everywhere and there are a large number of very usable readers on mobile.

It is a good argument against corporate walled gardens, however.




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