Ok, since both top-level comments (to date) are saying that, and since that site hasn't appeared on HN before either, I've switched the URL to it from https://www.tripsitters.org/. Thanks!
TripSit is the quick summary for partygoers, Psychonautwiki is the encyclopedia for drug nerds. DMT-Nexus is the ancient club for mad scientists with hair growing out the sides.
To me it looks like a pretty weird decision to switch to a different project ON HN when someone is showing off a different implementation, even if one came first.
Would me posting a new search engine be switched to Google, as that came first? Or maybe a new internet archiving project to archive.org?
Your specific examples don't work because those projects are super well known. Switching to them would make the thread more generic, which is the wrong direction (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...), so we'd never do that. Indeed, a new search engine or internet archive would be interesting just by not being Google or archive.org.
But sure, we often change URLs to ones that are likely to support more interesting or better-quality discussion. That's part of curating the site. For an example of a common pattern, we often change corporate press releases to the best third-party discussion we can find about the story (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...).
In this case the signal was that the first two (presumably independent) subthreads said the same thing about the other site being more interesting, and that site had never been posted to HN before. That's a really unusual state and a strong community signal, one that seemed worth rolling the dice on. Listening to community signals is a big part of our job, maybe the biggest. In the end, this one didn't work out particularly well, but moderation is guesswork.
I agree with you that it was a weird decision. Another part of our job is to keep HN weird. It's not likely to become a common pattern, because that signal is a rare one to begin with (I'm not sure I've ever seen it come up before), and getting predictable about such things would be at odds with the global goal of maximizing interestingness. Curiosity withers under repetition (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...), a bit like how a joke gets less funny as it gets repeated.
Shameless plug: I used data from TripSit's drug combination chart to make a better tool. It's a dead simple site that tells you the relative safety of combining recreational drugs. I feel compelled to share it here in case it might help someone make a more informed choice.
2) Whatever happened to taking a bunch of hard drugs with your friends and seeing what happens? Kids these days with their "trip sitters" and "safe spaces" and "Psilocybin Community & Education" hubs.
We had safe spaces. They were Grateful Dead shows. You had a community of people who would look after you, guide you and give you advice. You sound like you could use a trip...
#2 is what led to the idea of tripsitters. It's essentially the same concept as a designated driver - someone sober to keep everyone out of trouble. Some people can handle it fine, others really can't at all, psychologically, and most anyone on psychedelics responds to unexpected adverse situations poorly. I agree it's not how my generation did it but it's not a bad idea at all.
Anyone interesting in this stuff should check out erowid if they havent already. It's been around for a very long time and has an extensive library as well as a user submitted experience vault.
I took a lot of different, mostly psychedelic RCs during my lifetime. Most 2c-x, some DOx, many tryptamines (4-,5- substitutes), AMT, nBOMes, 5-,6-APBs.
I was pretty careful. It was not often (1 time a month or less), no mixing stuff, no overheating or dehydration, and dosages reasonable.
Now (for several years) I feel burning sensation all over skin. Like intense sunburn, sometimes worse. Cannot be turned off, and no treatment helps. Opiates help somewhat, but you know that they are a problem in itself.
It is hard to tell if RCs are the reason, but considering this syndrome I have is not well researched and happens rarely, I suspect so.
I blame prohibition somewhat. I used RCs at first only bc I was not able to get normal drugs anywhere (for several years). I really recommend ppl to use LSD, mescaline and shrooms only.
Amphetamines, if you insist, b/c they are researched well.
Don't play with fire, you'll get burned and your life will be hell.
However, LSD, shrooms and maybe MDMA, if used responsibly, will make your life better and will make you a better person.
