I’ve had this sense that HN has gotten absolutely innundated with bots last few months. First most obvious giveaway is the frequency with which you see accounts posting brilliant insights like 13 60 well and t6ctctfuvuh7hguhuig8h88gd to f6gug7h8j8h6fzbuvubt GB I be cugttc fav uhz cb ibub8vgxgvzdrc to bubuvtxfh tf d xxx h z j gj uxomoxtububonjbk P.l.kvh cb hug tf 6 go k7gtcv8j9j7gimpiiuh7i 8ubg or 1662476506 or Аё Beyond the accounts that are visibly glitching out, the vibe is also seriously off.
  • onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152085

    There are also some interesting statistics from the post’s author:

    Fwiw I did some more comparisons, looking for words disproportionately favored by noob comments:

    word noob new p-value
    ai 14.93% 7.87% p=0.00016
    actually 12.53% 5.34% p=1.1e-05
    code 11.47% 6.04% p=0.00081
    real 10.93% 2.95% p=2.6e-08
    built 10.93% 2.11% p=2.1e-10
    data 8.93% 3.51% p=6.1e-05
    tools 7.6% 2.67% p=5.5e-05
    agent 7.47% 2.95% p=0.00024
    app 7.2% 3.09% p=0.00078
    tool 6.8% 1.83% p=8.5e-06
    model 6.8% 2.39% p=0.00013
    agents 6.67% 2.11% p=5.2e-05
    api 6.53% 1.12% p=2.7e-07
    building 6.13% 1.54% p=1.3e-05
    full 6.0% 1.97% p=0.00017
    across 5.87% 1.4% p=1.3e-05
    interesting 5.33% 1.54% p=0.00014
    answer 5.2% 1.4% p=9.6e-05
    simple 4.93% 1.54% p=0.00043
    project 4.8% 1.26% p=0.00015