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HN Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Section "In Submissions," third paragraph:
by lmkg 9y ago
HN Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Section "In Submissions," third paragraph:
Please submit the original source. If a post reports on
something found on another site, submit the latter.
I don't know about the particular links in this specific context, but in general many "science news" articles tend to have low or no value added (in some cases negative, if they mislead or distort). HN prefers discussion center around the study itself, not on some journalist's opinions or summary of the study.
There are exceptions, this is a broad over-generalization, I don't speak for HN, etc.
- lsaferite 9y agoI this case it went from a link I would click and then perhaps choose to D/L the PDF, to a link I won't knowingly click since it's a direct PDF link. So, while I understand the reasoning, I disagree with it's application in this instance.