sup/tg/ might go back that far, just for /tg/
Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
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Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#12It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#13Soon to be a question asked about the entire internet pre-2019.
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#14Soon to be a question asked about the entire internet pre-2019.
I miss my geocities site. I found it's path the other day and sadly isn't in the snapshots taken that I've seen. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#15It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
> It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum.
Out of curiosity, are there any models trained on HN posts?
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#16Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#17It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility.
There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#18It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility. There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
Slashdot solved this ages ago with its moderation system, vote moderation has been flawed since inception, because people downvote when they disagree not based on the quality of the post.
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#19It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
> It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Out of curiosity, are there any models trained on HN posts?
You're using one right now
Re: Ask HN: 4chan Archives Pre-2008?
#20It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility. There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
I'm reasonably sure this is the first time I've ever seen a claim associating civility with 4chan.