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I am usually the last to complain about "the state of hacker news" and such, but the fact that this article has managed to amass such a large number of points s

I am usually the last to complain about "the state of hacker news" and such, but the fact that this article has managed to amass such a large number of points so quickly does indicate that there is a need for moderation. this has nothing to do with hacker news, it is replying to conjecture with conjecture, even though the wikileaks story had a very relevant back story (power of the internet, freedom of press, etc) this ignores it all and just gives someones opinion on their interpretation of a highly controversial video.

bilbo0s 17y ago
Agreed. There was just a front page story about the video with over 2 or 3 hundred votes. Everyone can't have their say in that story, so that we can move on? Everyone who wants to have a say, can have a say there. Let's not fill the stream with all wikileaks. It reminds me of the ipad mania.
noodle 17y ago
if you don't like an article, flag it. if enough people flag it, it'll go away.
jpwagner 17y ago
actually you've mentioned the state of HN more than most: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1223767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1171670 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1148739 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1086310 First of all, the flagging handles things, so why complain? And for what it's worth, the discussions on here involve many intelligent, well-informed people whose opinions are worth high value. Certainly there are technical things discussed, but I think most people here are interested in all sorts of other "hacks," including sociology hacks, a category, I would argue, to which this article relates.
- daleharvey 17y ago
  only one of those mentions the state of hacker news and the complaining is because the flagging does not handle things, there are always going to be popular articles that will be inevitably posted that have absolutely nothing to do with hacker news. but yeh, the crowd has spoken.

bilbo0s 17y ago

Agreed. There was just a front page story about the video with over 2 or 3 hundred votes. Everyone can't have their say in that story, so that we can move on? Everyone who wants to have a say, can have a say there. Let's not fill the stream with all wikileaks. It reminds me of the ipad mania.

noodle 17y ago

if you don't like an article, flag it. if enough people flag it, it'll go away.

jpwagner 17y ago

actually you've mentioned the state of HN more than most: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1223767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1171670 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1148739 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1086310 First of all, the flagging handles things, so why complain? And for what it's worth, the discussions on here involve many intelligent, well-informed people whose opinions are worth high value. Certainly there are technical things discussed, but I think most people here are interested in all sorts of other "hacks," including sociology hacks, a category, I would argue, to which this article relates.

daleharvey 17y ago
only one of those mentions the state of hacker news and the complaining is because the flagging does not handle things, there are always going to be popular articles that will be inevitably posted that have absolutely nothing to do with hacker news. but yeh, the crowd has spoken.