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Is this a de-evolution experiment? What makes HN valuable is the community. Smart, relevant and immediate conversations. I dare to say this idea exploits, over
by jamesshamenski 16y ago
Is this a de-evolution experiment?
What makes HN valuable is the community. Smart, relevant and immediate conversations. I dare to say this idea exploits, over-extends and misappropriates what value is present here.
The intention to contact all commenter's of 80+ vote stories is ... let's say typing is easier than doing (see: google buzz debacle).
- philwelch 16y agoI parsed the FAQ as saying he is choosing only comments with 80+ points, which would take a lot of comments out of context. There are only 12 comments in the past week with 80+ points--enough to populate a faux-"letters-to-the-editor" column but not quite enough to capture the community.
- greyman 16y agoYou are right about the community, but many articles submitted to HN and many comments are also valuable in and of itself... it all depends on how he will execute the editorial part. What I am surprised about is when he says that he obtained permission for at least 50% of articles to be reprinted in his Monthly (if I understand it correctly). So some professional journalist or blogger toils for days to produce some article, and then just allow someone to reprint it without compensation? Moreover, if the article was printed in some commercial media like NYT, shouldn't also NYT grant the permission?
- colinplamondon 16y agoMost folks blog to raise awareness for their business or themselves. A couple $20 conversions > AdWords for the majority of HN.
- steveklabnik 16y agoAt such a time delay, and in a format that's hard to share and link to, why not let someone reprint your article?