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95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

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Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#11

Post by eindiran »

AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

People post/repost the classics all the time, why are you tattling this aggressively, lol?

It just needs a [2020] tag.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#12

Post by rglullis »

The argument from Scott Adams is about generalists being better than specialists is in regarding becoming useful/resourceful enough to the point people will pay you for your skillset.

No one gets outstanding recognition for being in the 95%-ile.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#14

Post by tbalsam »

eindiran wrote: post #11
AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

People post/repost the classics all the time, why are you tattling this aggressively, lol? It just needs a [2020] tag.

It's not tattling if it's well against the intended effects of the system.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#16

Post by AndyKelley »

This is my sad reality of local multiplayer games like Speedrunners, Duck Game, and Ultimate Chicken Horse. They're super fun, but I'm too good for my friends & family, and too bad for people who take it seriously online.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#17

Post by tstrimple »

eindiran wrote: post #11
AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

People post/repost the classics all the time, why are you tattling this aggressively, lol? It just needs a [2020] tag.

Maybe the aggression is due to the frequency. They posted almost 50 articles yesterday alone.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#18

Post by madamelic »

AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

Yep, they aren't progressively posting them, OP is spamming at this point. Quite sad considering their account is from 2010, they should understand HN more. Looks like they are trying to drive people to their sites judging from the long list of URLs on their profile.

For the last 24 hours, they've submitted 30 posts with zero other contributions such as comments.

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

#19

Post by wharvle »

JCharante wrote: post #9
AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

Wow they submit like 20 posts a day but I've never noticed their name before

“95%ile in HN-driven engagement, even among those trying, isn’t actually that good—most don’t even bother to set up a submission cron-job against a list of historically-upvoted classic posts”

Re: 95%-ile isn't that good (2020)

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Post by AirMax98 »

eindiran wrote: post #11
AirMax98 wrote: post #5

@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361

People post/repost the classics all the time, why are you tattling this aggressively, lol? It just needs a [2020] tag.

This is spam. I like to come here and want to contribute new ideas to the discourse here. I expect others to do the same.
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