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I fail to understand how buried ships or tidbits about a city's buried ship histories "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" Should a posting about the Walle
by amingilani 10y ago
I fail to understand how buried ships or tidbits about a city's buried ship histories "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"
Should a posting about the Walled City of Lahore [1] make it to the front page? I really don't think it should. Nor should historical facts about how Las Vegas' iconic casinos aren't really in Las Vegas, but in an unincorporated town called Paradise[2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_City_of_Lahore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_City_of_Lahore
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Nevada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Nevada
- dang 10y agoObviously different individuals' curiosities are gratified by different things, but that's a different question.
- amingilani 10y agoOkay, fine, maybe the second one should make it to the front page. But buried ships under a city? That should definitely be flagged as off-topic.
- amingilani 10y agoHow come my posting on the Walled City was immediately flagged? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13119544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13119544
- detaro 10y agoWhy would a submission that basically says "I think this link is stupid and should not be submitted" not be flagged? If it were a comment-less submission it might be interesting as an "experiment", although I personally would guess that it would fail to gather attention because wikipedia articles tend to be pretty dry and don't highlight interesting bits well. (assuming the subject itself could be interesting, I haven't looked into it)
- amingilani 10y agoSighhh, I half an hour later, I can see how the submission was a tantrum and I suppose I understand that flag. I'll admit it, I was wrong.