Hacker News with Generative AI: Reddit

Reddit Is Down (reddit.com)
The State of the Subreddit (May 2024) (self.programming)
Reddit on Overcoming Internet Addiction (reddit.com)
I’m a software engineer with an internet addiction that I’ve struggled with for about 18 years. I’ve likely spent half of my waking adult life sitting unproductively in front of a screen, which is a catastrophe I’d like to help other people avoid.
When you ask ChatGPT "Tell me a story" it's always is about a girl named Elara (reddit.com)
I’m a high school English teacher. I have two major annoyances when it comes to kids doing work.
Ask HN: What bookmarklets do you use? (ycombinator.com)
Threw together a bookmarklet that sends a page over to a personal, private subreddit the other day that I've been using a ton. Also a HUGE fan of kill-sticky.
Reddit sleuths track down the band behind the internet's most mysterious song (theverge.com)
Members of Reddit’s r/ThatMysteriousSong community have finally identified what they call “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,” a new wave tune that a teenager recorded to cassette sometime around 1984, as reported yesterday by 404 Media.
I was paid to draw SMRT buses as anime women: R/Singapore (reddit.com)
I was paid to draw SMRT buses as anime women!
Reddit is profitable ever, with nearly 100M daily users (theverge.com)
Reddit just turned a profit for the first time.
Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results shows perils of AI scrapers (arstechnica.com)
A trend on Reddit that sees Londoners giving false restaurant recommendations in order to keep their favorites clear of tourists and social media influencers highlights the inherent flaws of Google Search’s reliance on Reddit and Google's AI Overview.
Cissp Cheatsheet (reddit.com)
This is good stuff. I'm going to sticky this!
Reddit Bot CLI: tool to monitor subreddits for keywords and post comment (github.com/VashonG)
Reddit Bot CLI is a command-line tool that automatically monitors specific subreddits for keywords and posts comments when those keywords are found.
I Hate the Letter F (reddit.com)
No F's in the chat for him (i.redd.it)
Show HN: What happens if you make a crossword out of Reddit r/gaming (ycombinator.com)
As a fan of dense New York Times-style crosswords, I challenged myself to create topic-specific puzzles.
A Change in Moderation Staff of r/Wordpress (reddit.com)
Tell HN: Reddit is down – no healthy upstream (ycombinator.com)
Reddit is down – no healthy upstream
Ask HN: Is Reddit website having trouble? (ycombinator.com)
I randomly get this on an empty page, but not on the homepage it seems:<p>upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure
Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress (reddit.com)
Howdy mods, I have confirmation from u/spez that if the mods here send a request to him, they can capitalize the P. Can we fix this together? It's been years!
Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (theverge.com)
Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin.
Reddit policy changes make sitewide protests nearly impossible (engadget.com)
Reddit has just changed the rules so moderators of subreddits must get admin approval to switch from public to private, as originally reported by The Verge.
Reddit communities will require permission while going private (techcrunch.com)
Last year, while opposing Reddit’s API changes, a large number of subreddits turned from public to private or turned NSFW (Not Safe for Work) to impact ads on the platform. To prevent this kind of change, Reddit is bringing new rules where moderators will have to submit a request when updating community-type public or private or maturity ratings of SFW (Safe for Work) or NSFW.
Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (theverge.com)
Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin.
Permission now required to take subreddits private (reddit.com)
Starting today, updating Community Type settings requires a moderator to submit a request.
Show HN: AI Reddit Curator – A better Reddit homepage (alexisdrain.github.io)
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Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me" (reddit.com)
The best long con you ever pulled (2015) (reddit.com)
Cool story bro.
I watched 135 time loop movies (reddit.com)
Comments are completely subjective, and based on what I enjoyed, which is often weird and obscure stuff. If you want a tl;dr I made some tier list infographics as well.
Reddit Breaks Old.reddit.com (ycombinator.com)
Looks like the end is here. Old.reddit.com no longer works, so it is time to say goodbye to Reddit for good.
Did ChatGPT just message me first? (reddit.com)
Did ChatGPT just message me... First?
What was the best life hack you discovered too late? (reddit.com)
What was the best life hack you discovered too late?
Stop Stripe posts about being restricted unless you want advice (reddit.com)
Stop all the posts about being restricted unless you want advice (not assistance) and will provide some general info about your business!
Nntpit: Minimalist Reddit2nntp Gateway (github.com/taviso)
This is a simple reddit2nntp gateway server that lets you use a newsreader to follow discussions on reddit. The intention is for you to run it locally, tell your newsreader to connect to localhost, and subreddits will appear as newsgroups!