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What's with the wave of "Totally-Obvious-Music-Advice" posts on the front page today? "It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

What's with the wave of "Totally-Obvious-Music-Advice" posts on the front page today? "It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15008078 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15008078 (SYNOPSIS: practice, and take lessons) "How to Write a Song" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15011198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15011198 (SYNOPSIS: practice, learn some basic music theory and try not to be boring) I don't really disagree with any of this, but that's because it's not really saying much of anything. It's kind of diet and exercise articles. If they're honest (i.e. "avoid unhealthy foods, burn more calories than you take in"), then they're boring fluff. Whereas if they try to present exciting secrets (e.g. "do this gluten-free paleo detox cleanse and you'll never have to exercise again!"), then they're gimmicky junk. Maybe some topics just aren't that "blog-able".

graphitezepp 9y ago
Your not wrong, but I just want to make an aside about how I think 'obvious' is a dirty word. Things are only ever obvious when you already have domain knowledge, which you can't assume of everyone even in something as ubiquitous as diet. Yes, once you understand hobbies or dieting the vast majority of down to earth honest advice is going to be HIGHLY boring and repetitive. But Some people still might not have got the message, and some messages are worth repeating to help them out. All this withstanding, I also don't feel like this stuff is HN material.
- StevePerkins 9y ago
  Fair enough. As for the suitability of posts about music, generally speaking... I'm fine with HN casting a wide net. SO many random hobbies trend their way to the top of the front page for a few days here and there. In almost all cases, I find them more interesting than the usual "meta-discussion" tangents about which CSS and fonts a submission uses.
- CodeTheInternet 9y ago
  > not HN material exactly
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graphitezepp 9y ago

Your not wrong, but I just want to make an aside about how I think 'obvious' is a dirty word. Things are only ever obvious when you already have domain knowledge, which you can't assume of everyone even in something as ubiquitous as diet. Yes, once you understand hobbies or dieting the vast majority of down to earth honest advice is going to be HIGHLY boring and repetitive. But Some people still might not have got the message, and some messages are worth repeating to help them out. All this withstanding, I also don't feel like this stuff is HN material.

StevePerkins 9y ago
Fair enough. As for the suitability of posts about music, generally speaking... I'm fine with HN casting a wide net. SO many random hobbies trend their way to the top of the front page for a few days here and there. In almost all cases, I find them more interesting than the usual "meta-discussion" tangents about which CSS and fonts a submission uses.
CodeTheInternet 9y ago
> not HN material exactly

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