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Show HN: Runtime Fence – Kill switch for AI agents

https://github.com/RunTimeAdmin/ai-agent-killswitch
1•ccie14019•15s ago•0 comments

Researchers surprised by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/health/cannabis-may-benefit-aging-brains-study-finds/
1•SirLJ•1m ago•0 comments

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist, apocalypse linked to the 'end of modernity'

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/
1•randycupertino•2m ago•1 comments

USS Preble Used Helios Laser to Zap Four Drones in Expanding Testing

https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-preble-used-helios-laser-to-zap-four-drones-in-expanding-testing
2•breve•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animated beach scene, made with CSS

https://ahmed-machine.github.io/beach-scene/
1•ahmedoo•8m ago•0 comments

An update on unredacting select Epstein files – DBC12.pdf liberated

https://neosmart.net/blog/efta00400459-has-been-cracked-dbc12-pdf-liberated/
1•ks2048•8m ago•0 comments

Was going to share my work

1•hiddenarchitect•12m ago•0 comments

Pitchfork: A devilishly good process manager for developers

https://pitchfork.jdx.dev/
1•ahamez•12m ago•0 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
3•mltvc•16m ago•0 comments

Why social apps need to become proactive, not reactive

https://www.heyflare.app/blog/from-reactive-to-proactive-how-ai-agents-will-reshape-social-apps
1•JoanMDuarte•17m ago•1 comments

How patient are AI scrapers, anyway? – Random Thoughts

https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/07/how-patient-are-ai-scrapers-anyway/
1•samtrack2019•17m ago•0 comments

Vouch: A contributor trust management system

https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
2•SchwKatze•17m ago•0 comments

I built a terminal monitoring app and custom firmware for a clock with Claude

https://duggan.ie/posts/i-built-a-terminal-monitoring-app-and-custom-firmware-for-a-desktop-clock...
1•duggan•18m ago•0 comments

Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
1•guerrilla•20m ago•0 comments

Y Combinator Founder Organizes 'March for Billionaires'

https://mlq.ai/news/ai-startup-founder-organizes-march-for-billionaires-protest-against-californi...
1•hidden80•20m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Need feedback on the idea I'm working on

1•Yogender78•21m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw Addresses Security Risks

https://thebiggish.com/news/openclaw-s-security-flaws-expose-enterprise-risk-22-of-deployments-un...
1•vedantnair•21m ago•0 comments

Apple finalizes Gemini / Siri deal

https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-reportedly-plans-to-reveal-its-gemini-powered-siri-in-february-...
1•vedantnair•22m ago•0 comments

Italy Railways Sabotaged

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr4rx04xjpo
4•vedantnair•22m ago•0 comments

Emacs-tramp-RPC: high-performance TRAMP back end using MsgPack-RPC

https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc
1•fanf2•23m ago•0 comments

Nintendo Wii Themed Portfolio

https://akiraux.vercel.app/
2•s4074433•28m ago•2 comments

"There must be something like the opposite of suicide "

https://post.substack.com/p/there-must-be-something-like-the
1•rbanffy•30m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

2•amichail•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

1•alan_sass•37m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Steam Daily – A Wordle-like daily puzzle game for Steam fans

https://steamdaily.xyz
1•itshellboy•39m ago•0 comments

The Anthropic Hive Mind

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b
1•spenvo•39m ago•0 comments

Just Started Using AmpCode

https://intelligenttools.co/blog/ampcode-multi-agent-production
1•BojanTomic•40m ago•0 comments

LLM as an Engineer vs. a Founder?

1•dm03514•41m ago•0 comments

Crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crosstalk-cells-pathogens-evade-drugs.html
2•PaulHoule•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Design system generator (mood to CSS in <1 second)

https://huesly.app
1•egeuysall•42m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Reddit Ads Is a Scam

https://statuz.gg/blog/reddit-ads-is-a-scam-here-is-why
28•stewones•5mo ago

Comments

kwillets•5mo ago
I interviewed for an adtech position there last year, and it went pretty badly. I only had about 5 YOE in this area, but it seemed like they had even less, and it was like we were speaking different languages.
nhinck2•5mo ago
If you have ever looked and their end of year reddit usage recap you would know that they have absolutely no idea how to calculate usage and engagement correctly.
ceejayoz•5mo ago
> Reddit's advertising dashboard showing suspiciously high engagement metrics. Note the reported 161 clicks and nearly 27,000 impressions for a relatively small spend.

That's hardly suspicious if you've seen Reddit ads. High impressions, low clicks is precisely what I'd expect out of them.

> UserPath's analytics dashboard showing the real picture: only 93 new users total across ALL traffic sources during the same period, with significantly lower engagement metrics.

That's post-click engagement. Impressions are a pre-click (non!)engagement and would never show up in the page's analytics without a subsequent clickthrough.

> Discrepancy in Numbers: Reddit claims 160 clicks, but our first-party analytics only detected 43 unique users. That's a 73% discrepancy!

No, it isn't. Those are two very different metrics.

> Despite Reddit reporting 160 clicks, not a single user who came through the Reddit ads downloaded our application.

Failure to convert isn't necessarily indicative of fraud. Especially with only 160 clicks to analyze. Most of my own Reddit ad clicks are accidental, as they now make them look like posts/comments in your feed that are barely difference in appearance.

> Our analytics runs through our own domain, making it immune to ad blockers and privacy browsers.

The implementation at https://userpath.co/docs/setup-pixel looks entirely blockable. uBlock does a pretty good job of uncloaking these first-party analytics calls.

This appears to just be an ad for UserPath.

klysm•5mo ago
I don't know much about the space, but is there any incentive against companies like Reddit or Google hunting for accidental clicks by making the ads look exactly like 'normal' elements? There are so many examples like Reddit, GMail, etc.
ceejayoz•5mo ago
To some extent. Enough of it and ROI on a click drops below what they’re charging to deliver it. I’m sure they adjust to stay just over that threshold.
stewones•5mo ago
Yeah, UserPath is our partner; without it, we would keep burning money through bad ads. Now we know where to invest, when to stop, and all that shit. There's nothing wrong with recommending good tools. Btw, it is free to try, set up an account, and see for yourself.

Regarding the uBlock being able to block our analytics requests, I'll give you $1oo if you prove me wrong.

Of course, any privacy tool will be able to do that as long as the user configures it to do so, but I challenge anyone to show me it doing that by default.

ceejayoz•5mo ago
The footer of userpath.co says "built by @stewones". More than a partner, yes? Your own product?
arcza•5mo ago
Good spot lol
arcza•5mo ago
Your post was very unconvincing to read and riddled with errors. Rage bait to prop up the Userpath thingy?