Hey K00b can you do something about the repetitive news posts?
260 sats \ 7 comments \ @AJ1992 3 Nov 2023 tech
Is there any way stacker news can monitor or combine all the posts regarding a big news headline? For instance, I've seen at least ten different people post the same news information regarding the guilty verdict of Bankman-Fried since the news broke around 8pm EST. This seems super unnecessary and it just congests the news feed.
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643 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Nov 2023
You're making a specific request, but it reminds me that I was talking about an idea with @k00b recently that's relevant here.
What if SN had some form of peak pricing for posts?
I floated the idea of having the cost of posting equal the number of posts in the past hour, as an easy first step. I doubt most of those repetitive posters would keep posting if it cost them more.
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179 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 3 Nov 2023
Nice idea.
Would require more substantial verification of post content than presently exists though. I believe currently the validation is done only on the url itself.
Continuing in that direction doesn’t prevent different types of links: e.g. Twitter, vs landing page, vs press release va GitHub. Or more importantly the same news from different sources from appearing multiple times.
But I agree with the sentiment in general. Rather than needing to mute serial offenders.
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179 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3 Nov 2023
We alert people that there are similar story titles already when they’re creating items. It’s only a gentle nudge but I just wanted to mention that. We could be more aggressive about it in a variety of ways.
I think @Undisciplined has the right idea. Global rate limiting/fee escalation would probably go some distance
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179 sats \ 1 reply \ @td 3 Nov 2023
What is the sn etiquette with regards to rewarding posts that are just copy pasting a news article link?
I appreciate there is a certain amount value by having one's attention drawn to a topic, but the root author would be the natural recipient of most of the zaps.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Nov 2023
SN is still very young and many users, like me, haven't been here very long. That makes it difficult to have firmly established etiquette, but I've noticed a move away from just posting links amongst regular visitors. When they want to share a link, they make a discussion post and provide a few thoughts about the linked content.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 4 Nov 2023
It is not so hard to look for the dupes and similar notifications. It took me a minute to recognize them when I was brand noob. I think the market disincentivizes the repeats over time, yes?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @adexmakai4211 3 Nov 2023
But that has been put in place, just that some people still post those news knowing it's duplicate news.
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