Hacker News with Generative AI: User Behavior

Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021 (components.one)
This report is the result of an analysis of Product Hunt from 2014 to 2021, including 76,822 products and 397,067 user profiles. Among its findings is that users who promote productivity apps and users who promote games are the least likely to be the same people, among any pair of categories.

Product Hunt, Data Analysis, Social Media, User Behavior, Technology

196 points by vednig 26 days ago | 63 comments

75% of Facebook shares are made without reading the content (psypost.org)
A new study has found that most social media users share links without clicking on them first, relying only on headlines and short summaries.

Social Media, User Behavior, Research, Psychology, News

7 points by geox 62 days ago | 1 comments

Annoyed Redditors tanking Google results illustrates 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.

Search Engines, AI, Social Media, User Behavior, Google

7 points by nradov 119 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Have you built something that users have become addicted to or overused? (ycombinator.com)
Have you (or your company) created a product, such as a toy or software, that led to unintended user consequences?

Product Design, User Behavior, User Experience, Addiction

69 points by swaptr 137 days ago | 37 comments

Have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks? (theguardian.com)
Millions are rejecting the culture-war hotspots of the major social media sites in favour of apps dedicated to activities they enjoy, while bonding with their fellow users

Social Media, Culture, Trends, Hobbies, User Behavior

225 points by throwaway55479 166 days ago | 251 comments

Have Twitter quitters found what they are looking for on other networks? (theguardian.com)

Social Media, Twitter, User Behavior, Alternatives

8 points by n1b0m 187 days ago | 4 comments

Two months of feed reader behavior analysis (rachelbythebay.com)

Feed Readers, User Behavior, Data Analysis

50 points by AndrewStephens 202 days ago | 23 comments

Some early results for feed reader behavior monitoring (rachelbythebay.com)

User Behavior, Feed Readers, Research

37 points by zdw 255 days ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: Time to discourage "I asked ChatGPT" comments? (ycombinator.com)