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Ask HN: What's with all the new “hot or not” style subreddits showing up?

2 points by mr-pink ↗ HN
I suspect it's people fishing for AI training data... Am I too cynical? https://www.reddit.com/r/AccuratelyRateMe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Outfits/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FaceRatings/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueRateMe/

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themodelplumber
That'd be interesting to find out. Have you contacted anybody? Couldn't hurt to ask.

A lot of ratings-attracted people really are under the impression that a) third-party ratings are super helpful/crucial, and b) you can get some improved-objectivity from subjective feedback in the right circumstances. But you have to kind of shape the circumstances (rules/mods)

There's also the fact that a lot of commenters and posters are clearly coming from another zone, so to speak. They are feeling bad, and want others to feel bad, and so on.

So, you can get these really peculiar / odd rules & moderation frameworks in similar cases. Which make sense in context.

But yeah, it'd be interesting to know about the history or rationale.

version_five
I feel like I just saw a news headline about this too. Wouldn't surprise me if there was an organized push coming from somewhere. It does seem like the faces + comments would be a good dataset.
mr-pink
it's weird, maybe it's just me but i've been using reddit for over a decade and this stuff never showed up on the front page before
dcminter
Might be due to the "strike" taking some other popular subs out of the pool - moved to private or NSFW or lost some traffic for various related reasons.
atlgator
I don’t know. At least for men, you can tell just by walking into a coffee shop. It’s the difference between the barista greeting you with a smile or a frown.
syndicatedjelly
I think it's a way to greet newcomers. Reddit just lost of bunch of long-term users, so they've got to attract new people with gimmicks like "hot or not".

I've noticed those threads get pretty sexist/racist quickly too, and doesn't appear to be moderated the same way that established subs are.

the_only_law
Are these new? I’ve heard of a few for at least a couple for several years now. Isn’t r/TrueRateMe where they do that incel phrenology shit?
nsbucky
it’s cause they don’t include porn in the public feeds anymore but hey what do you know it still brings the traffic! so pg chic pics get bubbled up.
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