Remind HN: Go to Noobstories, flag spam
Yikes, 2 out of every 3 submissions (as of right now, at least) are [dead].
This may be a problem which requires a procedural solution rather than the goodwill volunteerism of HNers.
Why not restrict submissions to users with over, say, 10 karma? Only a tiny subset of spammers would write comments to get over that hurdle (though it would only take a couple of reasonable ones). Has this been discussed extensively before?
Is there a list of all the hidden HN pages located somewhere? There appear to be a few pages that you can't get to in your top navigation bar, eg:
- http://news.ycombinator.com/best
Related: go to noobcomments [0] and downvote trolls and spammers, and give upvotes and thoughtful responses to those who deserve them.
I do not understand
I never knew there was so much spam. I'm a noob here but I'm more of a reader / lurker than a spammer.
I'm sure the scenarios and solutions have been thought through, but this is an issue that frustrates me, especially in the mornings, when activity is lighter, and there's a higher noise-to-signal ratio. (Or maybe that's just when I notice it more.) I flag what I can, and I'm sure the automated filters do catch most (per PG's comment), but there seems to be a really easy way to combat most of this:
1. accounts need to be active for X days before they can comment (at all) 2. accounts need to have a karma score over Y to submit posts
Wouldn't that resolve most of these stories?
It would help to have the "noobstories" header on the main HN page. Only after typing in the URL http://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories is that header visible.
how are we supposed to find the noobstories link normally?
Related to quality: Is there any possibility to filter the RSS feed?
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