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lifthrasiir on Nov 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Testing HN titles against a neural networ...

But:

"Show HN: Can a neural network predict if your HN post title will get up votes?"

Bad: 0.0598 - Good: 0.9307

Just in case, I've tested some more titles to make sure that "Show HN" doesn't (EDIT: typo, ugh) just boost any title when prepended.

progval on Nov 13, 2019 [–]

> "Show HN" just boosts any title when prepended.

"Internet": Bad: 0.4528 - Good: 0.5472

"Show HN: Internet": Bad: 0.9987 - Good: 0.0013

lifthrasiir on Nov 13, 2019 | [–]

Oh my, I edited a comment and didn't check if its meaning is not reversed...

On the other hand, "Show HN" does seem to greatly affect the score, either positively or negatively.

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