Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts?
28 pointsby Gooblebrai2 hours ago14 comments
  • dang27 minutes ago
    (OP is not asking about the frontpage, but rather about https://news.ycombinator.com/ask, which shows text posts, mostly questions that usually begin with "Ask HN".)

    The answer is that not enough posts are getting upvoted on https://news.ycombinator.com/asknew (or https://news.ycombinator.com/newest) to clear the small threshold necessary to make it to /ask.

    This has been happening for a while. Not sure what the solution is. Sometimes I go to /asknew myself and upvote the ones that seem good enough to make it to /ask, if not the frontpage, but that's a manual operation and I rarely have time.

    I suppose we could fill in the empty slots with posts from /asknew but then not sure how we would pick them...

    • peesem16 minutes ago
      is there any place to find a full list of HN's lists? obviously there's the "lists" link at the bottom of the page but that is missing some, e.g. the above /ask (but /asknew is there?) and some others i've heard of but don't remember the link for e.g. a list of comments detected to be anti-ai

      edit: just noticed /ask probably isn't there because it's in the navbar, lol. but still

    • Teever4 minutes ago
      I've thought about submitting a "What are you listening to" question to get conversation about music and podcasts going, would that be an acceptable question to ask?
    • verdverm23 minutes ago
      > Not sure what the solution is

      Is it a growing pattern or cyclical in some way? Does it need a solution or will it work itself out in time?

  • tcfhgj34 minutes ago
    maybe you installed a "Hacker news without AI" addon or script?

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659647

  • ThrowawayR2an hour ago
    If you want to see the uncurated slushpile, check /asknew instead of /ask. It's documented in the Lists link at the bottom of the page.
  • altairprime2 hours ago
    It seems to be broken and showing non-Ask content. Bugs happen; email the site admins and they can fix it (footer Contact link).
  • kencausey2 hours ago
    I don't regularly check Ask HN so I'm uncertain that more should be listed, although I would expect so. But assuming you haven't, the correct place to contact is hn@ycombinator.com which can be found at the contact link at the bottom of the page.
  • bigwheelsan hour ago
    I noticed this today as well, showing 15 but it seems short and it used to be paged.
  • lurker919an hour ago
    Wow this is the first time I've seen a real visible bug on HN.
  • plucan hour ago
    Please subscribe for 15 more
  • dmitrygr2 hours ago
    Seeing the usual 30
    • entropie2 hours ago
      Same and double checked and noticed I wasn't logged in so i logged in and I see still 30.
      • ASalazarMX2 hours ago
        I also only see 15, logged in or not. And it is also showing some posts besides Ask/Tell.

        I never use this section, though.

    • imzadi2 hours ago
      I see 30 and a more button, even on a different browser incognito
      • AnimalMuppetan hour ago
        I see 15 and no "more", even logged in.

        Is it based on browser? I'm running Google Chrome.

        • imzadian hour ago
          I checked in Firefox and Duckduckgo
          • fuzzfactoran hour ago
            I guess it could make a difference whether you swear or ask nicely :)
  • lurn_mor2 hours ago
    You have reached the end of the internet. That is a paywall in front of you. What do you do?
    • pixl97an hour ago
      Me to my AI hardness: "Go commit a few felonies and get me internet Gold++"

      Also, the site is loading really slow for me now.

    • orbital-decay2 hours ago
      Ride the shady web archiving engine that inexplicably seems to go in an out without a problem. Then download the rest of the internet.
    • luxuryballsan hour ago
      > insert quarter
  • Aboutplants2 hours ago
    I see 15
    • kazinator43 minutes ago
      Likewise, and that seems to be because this submission is included, immediately prior to which it must have been 14.
  • aktenlage2 hours ago
    I see 15.
  • tonymet2 hours ago
    same (well 15, but it's limited)
  • gj02 hours ago
    Looks like someone vibecoded and pushed without a review. Been observing too many bugs across X, Cursor etc
    • gchamonlivean hour ago
      Vibecoding on hn admin plane would be ironic but I think it's improbable