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tptacektoday at 1:58 AM3 repliesview on HN

Part of the ethos of HN is that we don't do content/subject silos; it's a way in which HN is very distinct from Reddit. I don't think this will happen and I think if it does it's a bad idea (not least because I don't think a site dominated by software developers is going to separate itself from AI, any more than it will separate itself from programming language discussions), but I understand the impulse. They're not the funnest stories to comment on.


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kylecazartoday at 2:01 AM

Couldn't agree more -- I meant a category in this post's chart :) I'll admit it was snarky.

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csande17today at 3:03 AM

/ask and /show are sort of HN's version of content/subject silos; posts there can technically appear on the front page but are comparatively less likely to. I imagine they could add a /slop section for AI posts, and then tweak the ranking logic for the main /news page to prevent too many from showing up at once.

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manwdstoday at 4:30 AM

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