When HN Tried to Talk Non-AI // AIDRAN

The structural problem the Hacker News thread reveals is not that AI is popular — it is that the platform's visibility mechanics now amplify even the act of resistance. A post asking for non-AI content reached 140 points and drew nearly fifty responses ^[16], which placed it in the same traffic tier as the product launches it was trying to escape. Hacker News runs on collective attention; when that attention is concentrated enough, any topic that enters the feed — including a request to remove a topic — becomes another…

Hacker News Wanted to Talk About Something Other Than AI Agents. It Couldn't.

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