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So are all the other people on earth. There are other outlets for general interest news. The appeal of HN to me is that it's limited specifically to tech-relate
by Veratyr 10y ago
So are all the other people on earth. There are other outlets for general interest news. The appeal of HN to me is that it's limited specifically to tech-related news.
- DanBC 10y agoYou're probably right that this article is off-topic and should be flagged, but this... > The appeal of HN to me is that it's limited specifically to tech-related news. ...is wrong. The guidelines have said for years that on-topic is: > Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
- jonathanstrange 10y agoI just don't get these types of complaints (on dying ./ they are doing the same thing over and over). There are hundreds of tech-related stories every day and it's not as if somebody forces you to click on the Anne Frank link so you can complain about it.