Comment by tastyface
2 days ago
404media is shadowbanned from HN for nebulous reasons. The mods should really revisit this policy: they've been doing some great reporting recently.
2 days ago
404media is shadowbanned from HN for nebulous reasons. The mods should really revisit this policy: they've been doing some great reporting recently.
A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote (404media.co)
so some slip through.
But: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=404media.co sure has a lot of [dead]
I believe they all start out dead, and enough people have to vouch to make the article visible and commentable.
Don't forget that the mods tried to remove the reference to a16z from the title on that one.
I tried to make the title fit the guidelines and the character limit, then changed it when the community explained why it was important for A16Z to be in the title.
Why do people think we're motivated to “suppress” negative stories about A16Z? They've been criticized forever here and we've never had a problem with it. All we care about is whether a topic makes for an interesting discussion on HN.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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My own experience is that they've been solid throughout. Certainly better than many other options, at a time when the technical press has been generally disappointing.
Has there been any mention of reasoning behind it?
I asked last year and was told 404 is the source of too many copycat low quality posts and they have a paywall. In the year since, a bunch of their original reporting has hit the front page and driven interesting discussions.
Just to clarify for anyone reading. 404 does not have a paywall. They have an account wall. Some articles require you to be signed into a free account to read.
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Because they've literally been creating stories about A16Z.
I've posted about some and they just get instaflagged or hidden.
There's nothing nebulous; there's no workaround for 404media's articles.
Tell HN: Paywalls with workarounds are OK; paywall complaints are off topic - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 - Sept 2015 (160 comments)
It seems to work for me? https://archive.ph/sr0sd
Maybe that's new? Either way, great to know.