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Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
by stuartmalcolm 8y ago
Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
- GunlogAlm 8y agoHN is for more than tech.
- aerique 8y agoIt goes in cycles. If there's a good article from a new or irregular (for HN) site, you'll see a lot more articles from thast site show up on the frontpage.
- simion314 8y agoAlso no Agree on our tracking to read the article on BBC News, this popups makes me most of the time not read the article.
- meigwilym 8y agoPaul Graham says it's for "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- stuartmalcolm 8y agoAlso "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
- nailer 8y agoIt's a business article. HN is also about commerce.
- a_imho 8y agoIndeed, consider this submission history for example https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=MiriamWeiner https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=MiriamWeiner As noted, it is not against the guidelines though. Personally, I just flag them.