[thatsnotmepls]

> I'm currently placing an order worth $18,752 every minute

Do you have to have a cart in order query for broken machines? If not, why was it mentioned in the tweet?

[allenu]

Honestly, this confused me. The number immediately made me think he was submitting fake orders for that amount. I don't know to read it any other way.

[oh_sigh]

My guess is that there is every possible combination of items that is added to the cart, and then the API response returns what items are unavailable/out of stock.

Honestly, I'm not in love with this post for HN. It seems like something done and communicated for twitter clout and is devoid of interesting details.

[cinbun8]

It helps to say something outrageous like that to attract more attention.

[rashiq]

yeah you have to actually put the order into the cart in order to get the availability of the product

[royaltjames]

Because it's hilarious to quantify and state. Why ask ridiculous questions?

[kinkrtyavimoodh]

Because it's a meaningless number. If he is actually placing an order for that amount every minute, it would be a useful number (and he would be an asshole for making so many fake orders and filling their system with garbage metrics). If he placed ice-creams in the cart for 8000 stores, then he should give that number. The dollar value is a completely pointless number in this case, and was done purely for clickbait.

[cphoover]

Should be simple enough to filter his IP address out unless he proxied his requests right?

[jackric]

Because it's one extra feather on the scales of increased cynicism about what you see online. Clickbait culture is toxic

[tacLog]

Legitimate question, how and why is clickbait culture toxic?

I am not creating it or defending it. I am just a little confused what you mean by that exactly.

[general_pizza]

Not original commenter but I think jackric already alluded to the increased cynicism that develops from clickbait. Personally, when I see so many ppl giving up honest and nuanced statements/opinions for hyperbole in order to gain views/likes, it's disappointing.

[jackric]

Raises the noise in the signal-to-noise ratio of a browsing experience. I may pass over reading a useful truthful article because I'm trained to dismiss its title as misleading.

[Aeolun]

That’s one word to describe it.

Personally I find it to be in spectacularly bad taste.