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It feels like this and the numerous other "awesome" lists which claim to be curated, are curated in only the most trivial sense: perhaps someone looked to see i
by kylecordes 10y ago
It feels like this and the numerous other "awesome" lists which claim to be curated, are curated in only the most trivial sense: perhaps someone looked to see if each new entry in some plausible way is in the right general category of thing, i.e. is not a random unrelated link. For example, this one looks like a list of open source applications that could be found or were submitted so far for inclusion.
I don't see any evidence on this one or any other of any genuine curation, which would be characterized by saying "no" to some of the possible candidates.
Unfortunately the words awesome and curation have so little meaning among lists of programming-related things, that it would probably be a waste of time for someone to actually do that, and would possibly generate hard feelings from whatever projects end up in the "no" pile.
"No" is hard.
- DrJokepu 10y agoI always wonder what gives authors of these curated lists the authority to be curators? Are they like, experts in the specific domain? What is the curation process? It's difficult to take them seriously unless these questions are answered.
- jbaviat 10y agoActually we needed such a list and we asked people about it, with close to zero answers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12786982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12786982 After looking arround for a while, we decided to make what we found public.
- Can_Not 10y agoWhy does their need to be an authority? If somebody posts a bad list or curates against your interests, you could leave a comment or suggest a better list.