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Are you against http://searchyc.com http://searchyc.com? Are you against Gabriel Weinberg's Ask YC archive (http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_
by bravura 16y ago
Are you against http://searchyc.com http://searchyc.com?
Are you against Gabriel Weinberg's Ask YC archive (http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive)? Would you like it less if he built it automatically instead of manually (cf. http://metaoptimize.com/projects/autotag/hackernews/ http://metaoptimize.com/projects/autotag/hackernews/)?
I agree that the job posting site was really tacky, but that guy entered all the data manually anyhow.
I think in sum total that most add-ons are pointless. A few are useless. And only a very small fraction are bad, and should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
- tptacek 16y agoI like SearchYC. I've never used the Ask YC archive, but I trust Gabriel Weinberg. I'm not advocating an end to all add-on apps. I'm saying that there is no principle that animates Hacker News that requires Graham to bend over backwards to accomodate APIs. It's a simple, low-drama point.