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When interacting with instruction models, we should describe the task requirement in details, trying to be specific and precise and avoiding say “not do something” but rather specify what to do.

Prompt Engineering

lilianweng.github.io

It is often more effective to mislead and misinform through a strategic use of verified facts.

How to Mislead with Facts

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With Slashdot, I was able to control that to a certain extent because the home page was rate-limited to humans making the call about what goes on that page. reddit can have 200 items on the home page. Slashdot we kept bounded to 10 or 15 [posts per day in the early years] and by the end we kept it bounded by 20 or 25. At some point that 31st story isn't really that much better. With more and more voices, you tend toward broader subjects. Eventually it becomes less and less interesting.

Slashdot Founder Rob Malda on Why There Won’t Be Another Hacker News - The Washington Post

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