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Sensationalist link-bait headlines have no place here IMHO.
by axod 16y ago
Sensationalist link-bait headlines have no place here IMHO.
- perlpimp 16y agoi've stopped reading slashdot for that reason.
- cubicle67 16y ago59 points and (at the time of writing) top post would indicate some disagree
- muuh-gnu 16y agoProvided HN was meant to be a non-discriminatory democracy, but it to my knowledge was not. Any news site not systematically filtering content to suit a specific, targeted demographic will sooner or later inevitably converge against Digg (or die like the usenet).
- trop 16y agoIt's interesting looking at his code (http://github.com/cloudhead/less.js/blob/master/dist/less-1.0.20.js http://github.com/cloudhead/less.js/blob/master/dist/less-1....). It's clear, well described, and ambitious.
- axod 16y agoOf course they do. That's the problem with democracies. They all turn into a cesspit of idiocy unless you keep control.
- wehriam 16y agoBut what a headline! I left the article disappointed, but it's hard to fault the care that went into those four words. I welcome sensationalist link-bait headlines if they have weight behind them. Don't blame the sizzle, blame the steak.