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tastyfaceyesterday at 1:09 AM5 repliesview on HN

404media is shadowbanned from HN for nebulous reasons. The mods should really revisit this policy: they've been doing some great reporting recently.


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defrostyesterday at 2:15 AM

A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote (404media.co)

  289 points by grahamlee 5 days ago | flag | past | 171 comments
so some slip through.

But: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=404media.co sure has a lot of [dead]

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drweevilyesterday at 2:39 AM

My own experience is that they've been solid throughout. Certainly better than many other options, at a time when the technical press has been generally disappointing.

pyvpxyesterday at 1:17 AM

Has there been any mention of reasoning behind it?

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essephyesterday at 6:31 AM

Because they've literally been creating stories about A16Z.

I've posted about some and they just get instaflagged or hidden.

NaOHyesterday at 1:21 AM

There's nothing nebulous; there's no workaround for 404media's articles.

Tell HN: Paywalls with workarounds are OK; paywall complaints are off topic - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 - Sept 2015 (160 comments)

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