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1. nkurz+91[view] [source] 2023-05-13 16:22:05
>>muchte+(OP)
Vouched for and upvoted because I think it's important for readers here to see how much effort goes into creating posts that game the system. I think it's better for these strategies to be known than hidden. It will be interesting to see how tactics like this one evolve as ChatGPT use becomes more widespread.

There's a definite tension between the rule of not accusing other users of being shills and the reality that there are quite a few shills out there. I think it a still good rule, but not because it's never right. Rather, the rule is good because the false accusations do more harm than letting some shilling slip by.

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2. j45+jl1[view] [source] 2023-05-14 03:01:21
>>nkurz+91
When you do the work and understand it, is it a hack (short cut) or just learning to deliver what the HN audience and algorithm values?
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