alt Hacker NewsWhy is this linking to a blog post of what someone said, instead of directly linking to what they said?
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Because the author of the blog is paid to post daily about nothing but AI and needs to link farm for clicks and engagement on a daily basis.
Most of the time, users (or the author himself) submit this blog as the source, when in fact it is just content that ultimately just links to the original source for the goal of engagement. Unfortunately, this actually breaks two guidelines: "promotional spam" and "original sourcing".
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"Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity."
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"Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter."
The moderators won't do anything because they are allowing it [1] only for this blog.
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(Prefer the xcancel link [1] someone posted in this thread.)
[1] https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2024987174077432126