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Personally I have flagged it. Not that I am not concerned or worried, but they are plenty of "live threads" of event in many news site all over the world. HN i

by seren 11y ago

Personally I have flagged it. Not that I am not concerned or worried, but they are plenty of "live threads" of event in many news site all over the world. HN is not a good format for unfolding events, nor that there is something especially insightful to gain. Unfortunately, it seems there is a major terrorist attack every month. (From last few weeks Ivory coast, Istanbul,..), I don't think there is anything to gain by turning HN into a news hub.

qb45 11y ago
You realize that by punishing the parent for flagging, you are inadvertently "punishing" for posting the explanation as well? :)
jacquesm 11y ago
I wouldn't have known about it for many hours if not for HN. Really, you just couldn't wait to flag an attack on what is technically the capital of Europe because it was competing for space with 'Essential Copying and Pasting from Stackoverflow'?
- seren 11y ago
  I am fine with people disagreeing, and I can understand that it hits close to home, but this is a matter of principle, I don't think it is desirable that HN turns into a news source, particularly for unfolding events. HN is often praised for having a good signal to noise ratio, this is something that should be "defended".
  - jacquesm 11y ago
    Says the person that has never even once submitted anything. As a matter of 'principle' I'd prefer it if you voiced your disagreement by submitting links that get voted to the homepage rather than by squelching the discussion by and dissemination of information to others that might be of use to them.
    - nl 11y ago
      I'm unconvinced that HN should be your sole source of news. I think there are much better sources of breaking news, and it isn't clear to me that HN has any unique expertise to add. (I didn't flag this - I don't feel strongly enough either way.)
- DanBC 11y ago
  Your inability to listen to radio news; or watch tv news; or have a news website open; doesn't seem to be something that HN should fix.
oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
Which of those sites provide a forum as good as this for discussion?
venomsnake 11y ago
There is subset of people that frequent HN more than news outlets or facebook.

by seren 11y ago

qb45 11y ago

You realize that by punishing the parent for flagging, you are inadvertently "punishing" for posting the explanation as well? :)

jacquesm 11y ago

I wouldn't have known about it for many hours if not for HN. Really, you just couldn't wait to flag an attack on what is technically the capital of Europe because it was competing for space with 'Essential Copying and Pasting from Stackoverflow'?

seren 11y ago
I am fine with people disagreeing, and I can understand that it hits close to home, but this is a matter of principle, I don't think it is desirable that HN turns into a news source, particularly for unfolding events. HN is often praised for having a good signal to noise ratio, this is something that should be "defended".
- jacquesm 11y ago
  Says the person that has never even once submitted anything. As a matter of 'principle' I'd prefer it if you voiced your disagreement by submitting links that get voted to the homepage rather than by squelching the discussion by and dissemination of information to others that might be of use to them.
  - nl 11y ago
    I'm unconvinced that HN should be your sole source of news. I think there are much better sources of breaking news, and it isn't clear to me that HN has any unique expertise to add. (I didn't flag this - I don't feel strongly enough either way.)
DanBC 11y ago
Your inability to listen to radio news; or watch tv news; or have a news website open; doesn't seem to be something that HN should fix.

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago

Which of those sites provide a forum as good as this for discussion?

venomsnake 11y ago

There is subset of people that frequent HN more than news outlets or facebook.