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There are plenty of places on the internet to find "anything interesting" (see: reddit, digg, youtube). Those places do a great job at wasting time that could
by guynamedloren 16y ago
There are plenty of places on the internet to find "anything interesting" (see: reddit, digg, youtube). Those places do a great job at wasting time that could otherwise be spent being productive. In other words, those places exist as entertainment portals. There is nothing wrong with that. Entertainment is healthy.
I do not come to Hacker News, however, to waste time. I come to Hacker News for intellectual debate and a deeper form of thinking. Both of these, among others, foster personal growth and learning. That is the value I pull from Hacker News. I'm sure PG would understand where I'm coming from here. So let's keep "anything interesting" to digg. They're doing great so far.
- ElbertF 16y agoFrom the guidelines: What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- guynamedloren 16y agoThanks for looking this up, but I think it's reasonable to note that "anything that good hackers would find interesting" is not necessarily the same as the vague category of "anything interesting".
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoAlso in the linked document: > Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.