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What has caused the spike in new users?

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I don't know (the web server doesn't keep track of referring urls), but it started on thursday.

the web server doesn't keep track of referring urls

that makes the bloodsucking capitalist in me cringe. ;)

Because Michael Arrington mentioned YC News in Techcrunch???

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/04/2009-products-i-cant-li...

Hacker News is another Digg-like news site that focuses on tech that I visit daily as well.

Not only mentioned, but likened to Digg. People may have been expecting that what passes on Digg would pass here.

The post was on January 4th though. I wonder whether it's a chaotic system effect.

I think it may be related to acangiano's "Let's all grow up" post. He mentioned Hacker News and it seemed to be a popular submission, particularly on reddit.

A few curious trolls probably wandered over and created new accounts. Of course, that's not Antonio's fault. I liked his post. :)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=455474

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7tbpl/lets_all_...

well if its just a few.. that is ok ;)

I'm not so sure about that. A single troll can do a lot of damage. A single person can acquire scripting software ( like the Arrington username ), abuse the page formatting on every page, and destroy the balance of conversation by pissing people off.

It takes the ethos of the entire community to keep this all in check. Some trolls might assimilate, but a determined person would be hard to deal with.

yes, one troll can do a lot of damage. but trolls around here never get the chance, because their accounts are killed swiftly. the editors on this site are much more aggressive about curbing bad behavior than anywhere else i've ever seen.

Leo Laporte also mentioned this site on TWiT I believe. I was already a member, but perhaps this drove some people this way.

http://twitter.com/LeoLaporte/status/1164672251

Don't these guys know how to keep a good secret?

'tis the message of the medium, nothing on the internet is secret to anyone on the internet.

Layoffs?

That's actually why I started posting here.

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