Hacker News with Generative AI: User Behavior

The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state (nber.org)
We estimate the effect of social media deactivation on users’ emotional state in two large randomized experiments before the 2020 U.S. election.

Social Media, User Behavior, Emotions, Research, Psychology

496 points by imakwana 5 days ago | 497 comments

Ask HN: How do you drive adoption when your product requires a behavior shift? (ycombinator.com)
I’m working on a product where the value proposition depends on users adopting a new behavior.

Product Development, User Behavior, Adoption, User Experience

6 points by kassidycurrey 7 days ago | 12 comments

Reproducing Hacker News writing style fingerprinting (antirez.com)
About three years ago I saw a quite curious and interesting post on Hacker News. A student, Christopher Tarry, was able to use cosine similarity against a vector of top words frequencies in comments, in order to detect similar HN accounts — and, sometimes, even accounts actually controlled by the same user, that is, fake accounts used to uncover the identity of the writer.

Machine Learning, Hacker News, Data Analysis, User Behavior

325 points by grep_it 10 days ago | 155 comments

Ask HN: Do you still use search engines? (ycombinator.com)
Today, I noticed that my behavior has shifted over the past few months. Right now, I exclusively use ChatGPT for any kind of search or question.

ChatGPT, Search Engines, AI, User Behavior

350 points by davidkuennen 18 days ago | 581 comments

Why is PostHog so in vogue? (ycombinator.com)
I've noticed lately that a LOT of sites are using PostHog. Until now, I've never seen that many websites use it. Is there a reason why or is it just the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon?

Web Analytics, User Behavior

10 points by PranaFlux 31 days ago | 10 comments

Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised (cloudflare.com)
Based on Cloudflare's observed traffic between September - November 2024, 41% of successful logins across websites protected by Cloudflare involve compromised passwords.

Cybersecurity, Password Security, User Behavior, Data Analysis

32 points by cassianoleal 39 days ago | 45 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 51 days ago | 12 comments

Small study suggests dark mode doesn't save much power for human reasons (arstechnica.com)

Dark Mode, User Behavior, Mobile Devices, Power Consumption, Studies

8 points by PaulHoule 53 days ago | 3 comments

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 90 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 126 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 182 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 200 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 230 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 251 days ago | 4 comments

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

Feed Readers, User Behavior, Data Analysis

50 points by AndrewStephens 266 days ago | 23 comments

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

User Behavior, Feed Readers, Research

37 points by zdw 318 days ago | 12 comments

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

ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Online Communities, User Behavior

21 points by fire_lake 328 days ago | 14 comments

So many feed readers, so many behaviors (rachelbythebay.com)

RSS, News Aggregation, User Behavior

130 points by zoidb 333 days ago | 98 comments

The internet is overflowing with bad content. Users are fighting back (greyenlightenment.com)