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Blacklist sites you don't want to see in Hacker News

17 points by kirubakaran 19y ago

nothingHappens 19y ago
I'd suggest blacklisting my site. I don't want to have to deal with any of you guys flaming me in my comments. :D
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- xlnt 19y ago
  I don't think the guys will flame you; sounds kinda girly to complain about this.
  - xlnt 19y ago
    kirubakaran, why did you delete your comment? Sibling of the parent of this comment.
    - kirubakaran 19y ago
      Ummm I just thought (for no particular reason) that my comment was kind of silly. It got a +1 and then a -1. If you liked it, thanks :-) This is what I had said: ":-) If we act like kids, you should probably mod_redirect us to disney.com"
  - giles_bowkett 19y ago
    _sounds kinda girly to complain about this._ yes, that's a good point, because anything females do is bad.
    - xlnt 19y ago
      yeah it's sexist. beats me why it actually got 2 upvotes, and didn't go negative. people here suck i guess. i only posted it because someone posted ageism and i wanted to see what would get more downvotes (i thought sexism would, lol). major fail... BTW I'm not sure that sarcasm is a good way to deal with sexism. Why be semi-subtle? Can't you confront it head on?
9oliYQjP 19y ago
Techcrunch? Valleywag? My rationale is that they're divisive. Those that fall on the side of favouring their style of journalism will probably go to their sites daily anyways. Those of us that can't get far enough away from their content would very much appreciate not having to see their headlines clutter this site.
- sabat 19y ago
  Too much actual news in Techcrunch, and it's not really a very divisive site. Valleywag we can do without, I think. And please, someone add 37signals to that list. Really, those guys are contributing nothing positive to the conversation.
  - veritas 19y ago
    What are you talking about? DHH and 37signals provide a lot to the conversation, including differing points of view. If having a different opinion means "contributing nothing positive" then we've fallen a long, long way. Edit: fixed grammar.
    - sabat 19y ago
      I'm talking about his attitude. He contributes nothing because he turns minor points ("hey, you don't have to do a startup; you could just start your own small business" -- OK, and today is Friday) into huge shitstorms by using inflamatory language. David likes to be a contrarian. That's not altogether bad, but a contrarian who prides himself on his arrogance(1) -- that's poison. (1) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_signals http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_signals "Arrogant is usually something you hurl at somebody as an insult," Hansson said. "But when I actually looked it up — having an aggravated sense of one's own importance or abilities' — I thought, sure." Other data points: - http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/130610241/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/130610241/ - http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/why_is_37signals_so_1.html http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/why_is_37signals_so_1.html - http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/04/16/dhh-translation http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/04/16/dhh-translation
Xichekolas 19y ago
Since someone wanted an easy way to edit the list of blacklisted sites, I added a little UI to it. Check out the newer one here: http://www.andrewfarmer.name/2008/04/hn-blacklist-now-with-ui.html http://www.andrewfarmer.name/2008/04/hn-blacklist-now-with-u...
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giles_bowkett 19y ago
gilesbowkett.blogspot.com!

17 points by kirubakaran 19y ago

nothingHappens 19y ago

I'd suggest blacklisting my site. I don't want to have to deal with any of you guys flaming me in my comments. :D

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xlnt 19y ago
I don't think the guys will flame you; sounds kinda girly to complain about this.
- xlnt 19y ago
  kirubakaran, why did you delete your comment? Sibling of the parent of this comment.
  - kirubakaran 19y ago
    Ummm I just thought (for no particular reason) that my comment was kind of silly. It got a +1 and then a -1. If you liked it, thanks :-) This is what I had said: ":-) If we act like kids, you should probably mod_redirect us to disney.com"
- giles_bowkett 19y ago
  _sounds kinda girly to complain about this._ yes, that's a good point, because anything females do is bad.
  - xlnt 19y ago
    yeah it's sexist. beats me why it actually got 2 upvotes, and didn't go negative. people here suck i guess. i only posted it because someone posted ageism and i wanted to see what would get more downvotes (i thought sexism would, lol). major fail... BTW I'm not sure that sarcasm is a good way to deal with sexism. Why be semi-subtle? Can't you confront it head on?

9oliYQjP 19y ago

Techcrunch? Valleywag? My rationale is that they're divisive. Those that fall on the side of favouring their style of journalism will probably go to their sites daily anyways. Those of us that can't get far enough away from their content would very much appreciate not having to see their headlines clutter this site.

sabat 19y ago
Too much actual news in Techcrunch, and it's not really a very divisive site. Valleywag we can do without, I think. And please, someone add 37signals to that list. Really, those guys are contributing nothing positive to the conversation.
- veritas 19y ago
  What are you talking about? DHH and 37signals provide a lot to the conversation, including differing points of view. If having a different opinion means "contributing nothing positive" then we've fallen a long, long way. Edit: fixed grammar.
  - sabat 19y ago
    I'm talking about his attitude. He contributes nothing because he turns minor points ("hey, you don't have to do a startup; you could just start your own small business" -- OK, and today is Friday) into huge shitstorms by using inflamatory language. David likes to be a contrarian. That's not altogether bad, but a contrarian who prides himself on his arrogance(1) -- that's poison. (1) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_signals http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_signals "Arrogant is usually something you hurl at somebody as an insult," Hansson said. "But when I actually looked it up — having an aggravated sense of one's own importance or abilities' — I thought, sure." Other data points: - http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/130610241/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/130610241/ - http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/why_is_37signals_so_1.html http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/why_is_37signals_so_1.html - http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/04/16/dhh-translation http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/04/16/dhh-translation

Xichekolas 19y ago

Since someone wanted an easy way to edit the list of blacklisted sites, I added a little UI to it. Check out the newer one here: http://www.andrewfarmer.name/2008/04/hn-blacklist-now-with-ui.html http://www.andrewfarmer.name/2008/04/hn-blacklist-now-with-u...

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giles_bowkett 19y ago

gilesbowkett.blogspot.com!