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HN is HN because its endless September prevents ossification.
There are two simple tools to deal with problematic behavior: downvotes and flags. There’s also the almost simple tool of emailing the moderation team…oh and there’s also hiding stories and collapsing comments.
It might not feel worth doing any of those things, but that’s how proof of work works. Good luck.
I actually really like the NextDoor solution. Want an account? Cool, it'll cost you the price of a postcard to your location. When you receive it, you can open your account. More than 10 accounts at your residence? Hrmm... looks like you're up to no good. I'd be happy to pay the 61¢ per account it currently costs to mail a postcard if it means a massive improvement in anti-bot bs.
hidekarma: hide accounts below certain karma threshold
hideage: hide accounts newer than 1 week/1 month/6 months
these should be opt-in. people that care can turn them on.
I actually really like the NextDoor solution. Want an account? Cool, it'll cost you the price of a postcard to your location. When you receive it, you can open your account. More than 10 accounts at your residence? Hrmm... looks like you're up to no good. I'd be happy to pay the 61¢ per account it currently costs to mail a postcard if it means a massive improvement in anti-bot bs.
HN and NextDoor have rather different community standards regarding acceptable behavior.
you know how we have the showdead ? how about adding a couple of new ones: hidekarma : hide accounts below certain karma threshold hideage : hide accounts newer than 1 week/1 month/6 months these should be opt-in. people that care can turn them on.
I think this sort of gatekeeping while understandable, really limits new users that have just learnt about this forum and wanted to accomplish the thing they were here for a reason - case and point - myself - just got here - want to post something on showHN.. and was blocked. Forced engagement through strict gatekeeping
To understand why, HN introduced a new rule to deal with the slop fest. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079 Further, the guidelines have long stated not to use HN primarily for self promotion. First, try being part of the community and understanding how things work here. Coming here to "accomplish" showing off your project is faux pas.
It's more that releases have become the new devlog these days. Someone who only talks about an idea and hasn't written a line of code will likely never do the idea. If they're open to reading comments and discuss feedback, it's cool.
But using HN purely as a marketing channel is rather rude.
you know how we have the showdead ? how about adding a couple of new ones: hidekarma : hide accounts below certain karma threshold hideage : hide accounts newer than 1 week/1 month/6 months these should be opt-in. people that care can turn them on.
I wonder if this would have the unintended effect of leading to more spam and eroding culture, as fewer opinionated people would see the posts that need to be flagged.