Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by cromka » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC

smt88 wrote: post #15

I’ve been a hacker since I was 10, so about 30 years now. A couple of years ago, I felt the same way you did. And then I started properly/seriously using Claude Code. When Opus 4.5 came out, it was sincerely life-changing. I can prototype working projects in possibly 1/30th the time, and I can do them simultaneously. This post has made me realize that the flood of AI news isn’t annoying or boring to me anymore becaus…

I do NOT have a problem with AI.

Again, the problem is with the flooding that drowns-out other news. I intentionally say "limit the AI news" in this post's title.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by FoundAnotherOne » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

delichon wrote: post #115

Every AI post on the front page is there because it was upvoted a lot by HN readers. So you are effectively asking these readers to not vote on a topic because you are not interested in it but they are. Why would any of them alter their behavior because of that?

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Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by cromka » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

WithinReason wrote: post #80

HN already has an upvote/downvote system to surface what's interesting to people here.

> people here

The best communities are ones that do not allow to be taken over by inorganic behavior. I think we can reasonably assume that not all AI front-page stuff is as interesting as other, non-AI stuff, yet here we are.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by mococa » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

That's why lobste.rs is a good plance, almost no AI.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by itherseed » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

It would be nice to at least have a day in the week without AI news. Some kind of "No AI Friday," for example.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by Rooster61 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC

delichon wrote: post #115

Every AI post on the front page is there because it was upvoted a lot by HN readers. So you are effectively asking these readers to not vote on a topic because you are not interested in it but they are. Why would any of them alter their behavior because of that?

> a lot by HN readers

You're assuming there are human eyes behind all of these accounts. With the rise of AI has also come a precipitous rise in astroturfed views.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by iLoveOncall » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

WithinReason wrote: post #80

HN already has an upvote/downvote system to surface what's interesting to people here.

You cannot downvote posts, which is an issue IMO.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by anslopic666 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #10

Its 13:15 UTC and 21 of the 30 submissions on the HN home page are not AI related. I'm not saying there isn't a problem with AI-related submissions, but I'm not sure its a flood.

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Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by burningChrome » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

leonheld wrote: post #3

HN is a reflection of the industry and we're at peak hype-cycle at the moment. I use this when I need a break https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai .

Fascinating.

It would seem OP is spot on. I just used this and it reduced the front page of 30 posts to 14.

Re: Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

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Post by eggfriedrice » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

leonheld wrote: post #3

HN is a reflection of the industry and we're at peak hype-cycle at the moment. I use this when I need a break https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai .

This is great! I hope it was vibe coded