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I really think HN should block/downvote all TC links, which are most of the time worse than the original source.
by azurezyq 10y ago
I really think HN should block/downvote all TC links, which are most of the time worse than the original source.
- gurneyHaleck 10y agoNo, that's a bad idea. TC articles ARE many times vapid, uniformative and click-baity, but... They will remain tech-oriented, timely and do serve the purpose of initiating conversation, by drawing attention to information sources that might not have gained visibility on their own. In short, you risk harming the network effect by applying a censor or restriction against such behavior. This is one of those nuances that requires to blood and sweat of moderation. Unless there's a reasonable way to maybe crawl the submission and search its contents reliably, preventing such links carries risk.
- pvg 10y agoThe site guidelines actually ask you to prefer the original source, when available. It's not complicated at all in this case.
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- jacoblambda 10y agoI think instead they could possibly add a report button for links explicitly for providing the original source. To help limit people just bashing it for the hell of it, the report could be set up to only submit with a valid URL. Then the mods could quickly correct it.
- pvg 10y agoYou can just email them.
- lowglow 10y agoThe relationship between YC/HN and TC goes back pretty far as part of a collusory pipeline for media attention around startup launch and funding announcements. Not sure how that's changed since TC's decline over recent years (which is why I imagine YC invested in ProductHunt), but there are possibly still some artifacts of a relationship there that might prevent this.