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Because HN doesn't expect general news. There are other outlets for those. You don't see news about astronomers finding a new planet in a finance newspaper, do
by dozzie 10y ago
Because HN doesn't expect general news. There are other outlets for those.
You don't see news about astronomers finding a new planet in a finance
newspaper, do you? HN is a technical news aggregator, so crime and war and
politics are out of the scope -- unless it's the technological aspect that was
highlighted.
- gonvaled 10y agoI know. You misunderstand: “why the different treatment in HN ... of off-topic news?“. Some are flagged, some are not.
- dragonwriter 10y agoThere's no crisp boundaries for off-topic, just lose guidelines. For general news, it's quite easy for slight variations in the details of the article or its presentation, timing, and context -- even if they are in a superficially similar category -- to have significant impacts on opinions as to whether they offer a hook for HN style discussions, a particular nexus to the interest-focus of HN distinct from just general news, etc. Also, timing can affect what subset of the userbase is voting/flagging.