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Unless I totally misunderstand how this site works, then the story is on the first page because a bunch of people voted for it. That's the idea, to expose stor

Unless I totally misunderstand how this site works, then the story is on the first page because a bunch of people voted for it. That's the idea, to expose stories people might be interested in. One thing you _can't_ say here is that no one is interested in the topic. If you don't want to read "another damn Apple story" then _don't click on the link_...

buster 16y ago
The key point is that the site is named "Hacker News" and not "Apple news". Of course i understand how the site works, but if you can't see the total disproportion of apple news vs. the rest of it world, then i don't know. In general, if Steve Jobs farts, there will be more then one link on the "New" page from which 1-2 are getting to the frontpage. The point is, that when Sony releases a new notebook or MP3 player of mobile phone, no story will be here. If it's from Apple, several stories will be here + Stories about the stories and blog posts with one persons feelings about the story. I already figured that the most people on Hacker News use Macs (from the photo thread of peoples workplaces many had Macs). When i compare the numbers of how much Apple is mentioned versus the rest... look for yourself (taken from google search results): Apple: 8070 Steve Jobs: 1030 iPhone: 5880 iPad: 2730 Microsoft: 4280 Steve Ballmer: 150 Bill Gates: 347 Microsoft Courier: 181 Nexus One: 326 Motorola Droid: 271 Vaio: 313 Xperia: 5 Now look at the market: Most Computers are PCs with Windows, most phones are not iPhones. You don't see the disproportion, do you? Also, if you take this story. This is not news, this is just one guy praising Apple, why is this posted here!? Is this some blog aggregator? This is just not news.
- commieneko 16y ago
  As someone who has worked in and out of the news business for over 30 years I can tell you that news is what people are interested in. Hacker News is news that hackers are interested in. If it's getting posted by hackers and getting upvoted by hackers then ... If you are seeing a lot of Apple posts then maybe, just maybe, it's because there are events and commentary about Apple that the readership of this site are interested in. If Sony (or whatever) isn't getting enough upvotes then maybe, just maybe, no one really cares about that story. For what it's worth, there are plenty of stories on HN that I'm not especially interested in. Rather than adding irrelevant discussion to a topic I'm not interested in, I simply don't read those articles. I move on and find stories that I _am_ interested in. If there's not enough news to catch my interest, or more possibly to the point, too much news that disagree's with my outlook, then I decide this site isn't for me and go looking for greener pastures...

buster 16y ago

The key point is that the site is named "Hacker News" and not "Apple news". Of course i understand how the site works, but if you can't see the total disproportion of apple news vs. the rest of it world, then i don't know. In general, if Steve Jobs farts, there will be more then one link on the "New" page from which 1-2 are getting to the frontpage. The point is, that when Sony releases a new notebook or MP3 player of mobile phone, no story will be here. If it's from Apple, several stories will be here + Stories about the stories and blog posts with one persons feelings about the story. I already figured that the most people on Hacker News use Macs (from the photo thread of peoples workplaces many had Macs). When i compare the numbers of how much Apple is mentioned versus the rest... look for yourself (taken from google search results): Apple: 8070 Steve Jobs: 1030 iPhone: 5880 iPad: 2730 Microsoft: 4280 Steve Ballmer: 150 Bill Gates: 347 Microsoft Courier: 181 Nexus One: 326 Motorola Droid: 271 Vaio: 313 Xperia: 5 Now look at the market: Most Computers are PCs with Windows, most phones are not iPhones. You don't see the disproportion, do you? Also, if you take this story. This is not news, this is just one guy praising Apple, why is this posted here!? Is this some blog aggregator? This is just not news.

commieneko 16y ago
As someone who has worked in and out of the news business for over 30 years I can tell you that news is what people are interested in. Hacker News is news that hackers are interested in. If it's getting posted by hackers and getting upvoted by hackers then ... If you are seeing a lot of Apple posts then maybe, just maybe, it's because there are events and commentary about Apple that the readership of this site are interested in. If Sony (or whatever) isn't getting enough upvotes then maybe, just maybe, no one really cares about that story. For what it's worth, there are plenty of stories on HN that I'm not especially interested in. Rather than adding irrelevant discussion to a topic I'm not interested in, I simply don't read those articles. I move on and find stories that I _am_ interested in. If there's not enough news to catch my interest, or more possibly to the point, too much news that disagree's with my outlook, then I decide this site isn't for me and go looking for greener pastures...