oasklemmy·Asklemmybyocean How're people on HN constantly finding 20 yo interesting blog posts?Are they self posting? Are they bots?View original on lemmy.selfhostcat.com11Comments7
MMNByChoice midwest.social2Hide 2 repliesLots of different ways. reposts sourcing from other sites. reading popular blog archives. 8
oocean replylemmy.selfhostcat.com1Hide 1 replyThanks for an answer :) What would 2 and 3 be? Like blogs they are popular now and going back?1
MMNByChoice replymidwest.socialFor #2, there are multiple websites that deal with similar subjects. Pull good links from one and paste to another. For #3, you are correct. Also, reading other blog posts on a linked blog.1
tetris11 lemmy.mlThe search function on the side is pretty decent, and clicking on the sourced link of a post shows you all the other times it was posted.2
What is HN?
hackernews, likely
Henrietta Net, a visual novel / anime marketplace
Lots of different ways.
Thanks for an answer :)
What would 2 and 3 be? Like blogs they are popular now and going back?
For #2, there are multiple websites that deal with similar subjects. Pull good links from one and paste to another.
For #3, you are correct. Also, reading other blog posts on a linked blog.
The search function on the side is pretty decent, and clicking on the sourced link of a post shows you all the other times it was posted.