95%-ile isn't that good (2020) • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by no1pcjfan » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #18

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.

This has been HN for years now. It’s a click farm with canned talking points.

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

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Post by no1pcjfan » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

wharvle wrote: post #19

JCharante wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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”

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

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Post by danielh » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

barumrho wrote: post #4

Incidentally, I was in the top 10% in my last half-marathon. My next goal is to be in the top 5% (~1h30m). I expect this to take decent amount of effort and more structured training.

The easiest way to improve your relative ranking is to find a less competitive event :)

I recently won my age class in a 10k (6th overall out of 147 men). In a very competitive race earlier this year, the exact same time barely put me in the upper half (242/498).

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

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Post by genpfault » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:45 PM UTC

(2020)

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

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Post by firebot » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:46 PM UTC

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

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Post by madamelic » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:46 PM UTC

I would have to agree about 95th percentile being not that difficult.

A streamer that I occasionally tune into (Asmongold) says that if you are seeking information outside of the game such as watching streams of the game, that makes you a top 10% player automatically.

Most people are passive consumers and participants in their activities and that isn't exclusive to the individual. I am a passive consumer & participant in many activities: I have no interest in being more knowledgable in cars / driving, I don't want to get better at cooking, I enjoy chess but I currently have no desire past futzing around with the Chess.com app in the few moments I have.

By virtue of seeking out information outside of that context, you are trying to dive deeper into the activity even if you aren't performing at that level.

Most software engineers aren't listening to podcasts about software engineering. If you are religiously listening to and learning from podcasts, that makes you more suspectible to being a higher percentile performer in software engineering.

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

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Post by 303uru » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

I'm a pretty consistent top 10 amateur cyclist in Colorado. Some really get wrapped up in it and let it get to their head. The reality though is most people don't ride or race, of those who even race many are there just to participate, now of those who are there to race my percentile has dropped. On the flip side, the truly great riders are overseas and even of them there are just a handful of riders anyone will ever know by name and who are making any money.

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

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Post by wharvle » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:48 PM UTC

AndyKelley wrote: post #16

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.

Classic “Kid who owns the only Sega in a friend group” problem. Nobody wants to play Mortal Kombat with them.

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

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Post by zlg_codes » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

no1pcjfan wrote: post #21

madamelic wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This has been HN for years now. It’s a click farm with canned talking points.

It's kinda sad, this place feels kinda like Slashdot, and not in a good way. :(

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

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Post by geph2021 » Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 7:50 PM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #18

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.

   Looks like they are trying to drive people to their sites judging from the long list of URLs on their profile

I can't imagine that's very effective. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I rarely (i.e. < 1% of the time) look at a profile AND follow links found therein.