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Someone recently did this to predict what would hit the HN front page based on article content + profiles of users.


That's pretty cool! Now I can imagine a tool that gives you a prediction before you even post and then offers suggestions for how to increase performance...


And now we see how easy it is to astroturf any given post, and that's without any budget.


Gotta hand it to SamA for not only selling the problem but also trying to cash out on the solution (verified human via creepy orb eyeball blockchain thingy)


link please? if you can find it



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