Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Communities

Censoring Social Media (tbray.org)
In mid-April we learned about Bluesky censoring accounts as demanded by the government of Türkiye. While I haven’t seen coverage of who the account-holders were and what they said, the action followed on protests against Turkish autocrat Erdoğan for ordering the arrest of an opposition leader — typical behavior by a thin-skinned Führer-wannabe. This essay concerns how we might think about censorship, its mechanics, and how the ecosystems built around ActivityPub and ATproto can implement and/or fight it.

Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Online Communities

29 points by DanAtC 6 days ago | 7 comments

My Thoughts on the Fosstodon Drama (kevquirk.com)
Lots of people have been asking myself and Mike for a statement on the recent drama surrounding Fosstodon. This is **MY** statement.

Social Media, Mastodon, Online Communities

16 points by mikevm 12 days ago | 2 comments

Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-Generated Comments (simonwillison.net)
The moderators there just found out that the forum has been the subject of an undisclosed four month long (November 2024 to March 2025) research project by a team at the University of Zurich who posted AI-generated responses from dozens of accounts attempting to join the debate and measure if they could change people's minds.

Artificial Intelligence, Research, Online Communities, Ethics, Experimentation

76 points by pavel_lishin 13 days ago | 35 comments

Zed's new $20/mo subscription (imgur.com)

Subscription Services, Photography, Online Communities

5 points by blopker 16 days ago | 1 comments

Cluster headaches are 'the most painful condition on the planet' (theguardian.com)
The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results

Health, Pain, Psilocybin, Medical Research, Online Communities

10 points by pseudolus 17 days ago | 0 comments

Evolution of the Manosphere Alpha Male Aesthetic (bloomberg.com)

Masculinity, Culture, Social Media, Online Communities

9 points by SLHamlet 18 days ago | 2 comments

PlanetMath (planetmath.org)
PlanetMath is a virtual community which aims to help make mathematical knowledge more accessible.

Mathematics, Online Communities, Education

15 points by synthetictask 19 days ago | 1 comments

4Chan was hacked and has been down for 4 days (pcworld.com)
A few days ago, on April 14, the infamous internet forum known as 4chan.org was subjected to a major hacking attack, which took down the site and made it inaccessible.

Cybersecurity, Online Communities, Hacking

12 points by Magi604 20 days ago | 23 comments

Ask HN: Is 4chan Offline Forever? (ycombinator.com)
According to Hiro's latest update on the matter, no.

Online Communities, 4chan, Internet

12 points by HITBIT 20 days ago | 7 comments

Infamous message board 4chan taken down following major hack (bleepingcomputer.com)
4chan, an infamous online forum, was taken offline earlier today after what appears to be a significant hack and has since been loading intermittently.

Cybersecurity, Online Communities, Hacking, 4chan

5 points by matteoraso 25 days ago | 1 comments

4chan hacked, internal data leaked on rival image board (dailydot.com)
The notorious imageboard 4chan is currently inaccessible after hackers appear to have leaked internal data from the website.

Cybersecurity, Hacking, Leaks, Online Communities, Internet

5 points by jrflowers 25 days ago | 2 comments

4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked (bsky.app)

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacking, Online Communities

6 points by napolux 25 days ago | 2 comments

4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak (knowyourmeme.com)
April 2025 4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak refers to the Soyjak.party community's claimed hacking of 4chan in mid April 2025, which included the restoration of the deleted /QA/ board and leaking the emails of 4chan "janitors," who are members of the site's moderation team.

Internet Culture, Online Communities, Hacking, Leaks, Moderation

710 points by LookAtThatBacon 25 days ago | 975 comments

AO3 is entering a new era (polygon.com)
A new generation of fans is taking over AO3, according to the data

Fan Culture, Online Communities

16 points by PaulHoule 27 days ago | 1 comments

We are destroying any goodwill people have for tech with AI (ycombinator.com)
Recently, I have been facing AI bots in many Discord channels when asking questions. Till date, I have never received an actual answer to a question that was usable.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, User Experience, Online Communities

15 points by ilrwbwrkhv 31 days ago | 13 comments

Wiki Wars: Editors are fighting for influence over the encyclopedia's entries (theins.ru)
This past March, researchers from the Anti-Defamation League accused Wikipedia of biased coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They found that a group of editors had coordinated to produce thousands of anti-Israel entries, and that the platform’s administration had failed to respond. This is not the first example of biased parties abusing Wikipedia’s editorial policies. A variety of Wiki sections in multiple languages have been subjected to organized “raids” carried out by state propagandists, far-right activists, and even terrorist supporters.

Wikipedia, Censorship, Bias, Online Communities, Media

10 points by kurtreed2 31 days ago | 0 comments

Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)

Puzzle Games, Online Communities, Success Stories, Publishing

981 points by brgross 32 days ago | 169 comments

Ask HN: Can we please come up with a better name than "Vibe Coding"? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Can we please come up with a better name than "Vibe Coding"?

Programming, Naming Conventions, Online Communities

11 points by baron816 38 days ago | 15 comments

Flame – BBS and MUD (ucc.asn.au)
It isn't a MUD. It isn't IRC. It isn't a chat room. It's flame.

BBS, MUD, Online Communities

58 points by shakna 40 days ago | 20 comments

Requesting formal removal of all anaconda posts for copyright violation (stackoverflow.com)

Copyright, Software, Lawsuits, Online Communities

23 points by user5994461 41 days ago | 9 comments

Paged Out #6 [pdf] (pagedout.institute)
Almost exactly three years have passed since the last update, and nearly four since the last issue being published. So, what happened? And is this blog entry a glimpse of hope for Issue #3 ever appearing? Or is this just a final entry to sum up the project and officially shut it down?

Publishing, Blogs, Long-form Content, Online Communities

306 points by pcfwik 42 days ago | 53 comments

Tell HN: Taking care when responding to job postings in "who is hiring" (ycombinator.com)
Dear HN,<p>Without naming names (although come April will do so in response to specific poster) I want to share a piece of advice after having been careless myself and realizing the error afterwards.

Job Hunting, Online Communities, Advice, Caution

21 points by yubblegum 47 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: A Message in a Bottle from Gen Z (ycombinator.com)
This is a message in a bottle. I'm not really sure who it will reach, but I want to write it anyway.

Generation Z, Social Media, Communication, Online Communities

10 points by Frostlike4444 48 days ago | 9 comments

"Vibe Coding" is a dangerous fantasy (nmn.gl)
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack.

Software Development, Culture, Online Communities, SaaS

7 points by namanyayg 48 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here? (ycombinator.com)
I used to really enjoy reddit but find it toxic and too “mainstream” recently so I moved to Lemmy but it’s quiet and kept a lot of redditism. I’ve been enjoying reading HN daily but want to read more than 20-30 top posts. I like the general kind attitude and professionalism as well as the interesting topics.

Social Media, Online Communities, Discussion Forums, Reddit, Hacker News

46 points by oceanhaiyang 53 days ago | 83 comments

Tell HN: Windsurf edits are failing and burning infinite credits for most users (ycombinator.com)
If you look at Windsurf's discord, redit etc. you will see that there's a flood of users saying that the edit tool simply fails.

Software, User Experience, Online Communities

13 points by bluelightning2k 59 days ago | 5 comments

Do not frequent some certain default subs if you criticize Wikipedia on Reddit (wikipediasucks.co)
Do not frequent some certain default subs if you don't wanna get banned while criticizing Wikipedia on Reddit.

Reddit, Wikipedia, Online Communities, Censorship

5 points by kurtreed2 60 days ago | 0 comments

/Tea/: An Image Board Open for Only Two Hours a Day (chakai.org)

Image Boards, Social Media, Experimentation, Online Communities

6 points by nocobot 60 days ago | 0 comments

Creative Fansubbing Techniques: Part 2 (md-subs.com)
Following my first article about curious techniques used by anime fansubbers, I present to you the second part that focuses on the visuals. We’ll start with simple tricks and progress to more complex ones as we go.

Anime, Fansubbing, Visual Effects, Creative Projects, Online Communities

119 points by TheAceOfHearts 60 days ago | 28 comments

Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content (theverge.com)
Reddit will now issue warnings to users who “upvote several pieces of content banned for violating our policies” within “a certain timeframe,” starting first with violent content, the company announced on Wednesday.

Reddit, Content Moderation, Censorship, Online Communities, User Behavior

28 points by mraniki 66 days ago | 12 comments