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hack-the-media

This repo collects examples of intentional and unintentional hacks of media sources

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

This repo collects examples of intentional and unintentional hacks of media sources

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 4:00:59 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month31 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-03-22 02:33:24 UTC to 2020-10-26 09:56:33 UTC.

02462018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsMar 20182018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 20192019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsOct 2020

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 20182018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Apr 20182018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC303
May 20182018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jun 20182018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Jul 20182018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 20182018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20182018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Oct 20182018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC725
Nov 20182018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20182018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20192019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 20192019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20192019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC303
May 20192019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jun 20192019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20192019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20192019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 20192019-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20192019-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Nov 20192019-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20192019-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20202020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 20202020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20202020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20202020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20202020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20202020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20202020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20202020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20202020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

3 sources
nemild·Apr 23, 2019
I spend so much of my time on media literacy issues, and one thing I'd be careful of: most of these prognostications you cite should really be considered marketing. They are not thoughtful views of cryptocurrency. If you're a software developer, I'd really dismiss lots of what you read about new technology, whether it be crypto or MongoDB. Here's my media literacy guide for software engineers: https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/softwar... (It's kinda fun to realize that by getting excited about cryptocurrency, I also got excited about the financial incentives behind the media ecosystem) Also, be careful about throwing the baby (unfounded hype and speculation and charlatanism) with the bathwater (programmable money, open financial systems, digital scarcity).
In After the Bust, Are Bitcoins More Like Tulip Mania or the Internet?
nemild·Apr 5, 2019
I loved Paul Buccheit’s (of YC) quote on social media: “[Twitter] is like a game where you get 1 point for being fair and thoughtful and 1000 points for character assassination.” https://mobile.twitter.com/paultoo/status/110014488287253299... (He said it about Twitter, but I think the spirit was about social media generally) Paul also helped brainstorm “Don’t Be Evil” at an early Google. Personally, I don’t blame the media alone (as some in this thread do). All of us are a product of the incentives we face, and feed algorithms play a huge role (including for the journalists at media outlets). And as always, I will shill my media literacy guide (there’s also a version for software engineers): https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/README.... https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/softwar...
In Americans Agree: Social Media Is Divisive (But We Keep Using It)
nemild·Apr 3, 2019
Yes, but the partisanship is likely getting worse, because we each individually get the exact information that is "relevant" to us and therefore feeds our confirmation bias. It's a different form of tribalism from 1950s mass media partisanship. There's actually research (James Hamilton @ Stanford) that shows when capital costs for printing presses were higher, newspapers became less partisan because you had to appeal to everyone to be profitable. The internet, cable news, are helping to unwind that period. As background, I've spent years writing on social media (and used to work in it): My Media literacy guide: http://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/README.m... A piece I did for Quartz on Selective Facts: https://qz.com/1130094/todays-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is... And my data analysis of the NY Times (with an example in s
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ocial media): https://www.nemil.com/s/part2-terrorism.html
In Zuckerberg’s Rules Would Hurt Everyone but Facebook

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