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I am really getting tired of blogertizements. There are enough smart people here blogging with intent on sharing real information and spreading knowledge that I

I am really getting tired of blogertizements. There are enough smart people here blogging with intent on sharing real information and spreading knowledge that I am surprised that I keep seeing these sorts of things pop up. I am probably a minority on this, but company ran blog post should be weighted and have to work harder to make it to the front page. If I could down-vote this submission I would. For that I am going to up-vote the one below it.

existencebox 9y ago
While I agree in part, I'd hope we not throw out the baby with the bathwater. (and I say this despite grumbling to myself about how that Bloomberg article on dating apps was clearly a submarine piece that occurs whenever one of these platforms pops up every few years) The Backblaze blog, for instance, consistently delivers really quality writeups, and as I recall I was originally turned onto them via HN. Also, the discussion on this thread hasn't been terrible. As someone who uses containers day to day, it's interesting to hear other perspectives from people who fall into pro/anti container camps. Obviously an organic blog article spawning this discussion would be optimal, but in absence of that, I'll take this, and try to trust the HN community to be on point (as you and others in this thread are) to point out conflicting motives/incentives. (To make this response actionable, though, personally I find I can have the most impact for surfacing the sort of content I want to see by skimming new as much as the front page, and keeping an eye out for grassroots work that might not gain much notoriety despite being worthy of a look.)
dhimes 9y ago
It may have something to do with how people perceive they are ranked by Google. See, for instance, this recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16858053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16858053

existencebox 9y ago

While I agree in part, I'd hope we not throw out the baby with the bathwater. (and I say this despite grumbling to myself about how that Bloomberg article on dating apps was clearly a submarine piece that occurs whenever one of these platforms pops up every few years) The Backblaze blog, for instance, consistently delivers really quality writeups, and as I recall I was originally turned onto them via HN. Also, the discussion on this thread hasn't been terrible. As someone who uses containers day to day, it's interesting to hear other perspectives from people who fall into pro/anti container camps. Obviously an organic blog article spawning this discussion would be optimal, but in absence of that, I'll take this, and try to trust the HN community to be on point (as you and others in this thread are) to point out conflicting motives/incentives. (To make this response actionable, though, personally I find I can have the most impact for surfacing the sort of content I want to see by skimming new as much as the front page, and keeping an eye out for grassroots work that might not gain much notoriety despite being worthy of a look.)

dhimes 9y ago

It may have something to do with how people perceive they are ranked by Google. See, for instance, this recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16858053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16858053