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willsmith72 7 hours ago

Wait Kim and Selena are irrelevant? I guess I'm not keeping up with the times

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650REDHAIR 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah that was the most out of touch HN comment I’ve seen in a long, long time.

Persistent irrelevant celebrities are a real thing, but those two wouldn’t crack the top 500.

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readitalready 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean Kim & Selena will always have a certain level of celebrity status but people like Sydney Sweeney are currently a lot more popular. This is in terms of "are they the most popular people right now" as their instagram count states. They are literally in the top 10 on instagram right now.

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apsurd 7 hours ago | parent [-]

i think you're talking about trending vs popular.

The signals are working as intended. More people will know Kim K than Sweeney because Kim K is more popular and has had more time to be more popular.

why am i talking about kim k on hn lol

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readitalready 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The signals aren't really working though. It's why algorithms are required, because people want relevance instead of popularity.

Having fading connections equates relevance with popularity.

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kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Everything I learned about the Kardashians has been learned against my will.

	▲	apsurd 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		haha yeah it makes her so obviously more popular and thus her follower count more "accurate". The parent's point is just hard to hold. Pretty sure she founded or runs skims? She's Armenian, daughter of a famous lawyer in LA. Kanye. Sex tape. Early with the reality tv. I too did not seek out any of this knowledge! Most just be a generational thing. Sweeney is still baking. She's actress from euphoria of which i didn't watch. That's about as much as i know. and the jeans ad controversy.

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pixelpoet 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I honestly can't imagine a stronger indicator of somewhere I don't want to be than it having 400m Kim Kardashian fans