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Serious question: how did this get to #1 on a site titled hacker news? Are we really that cliche?
by VMG 16y ago
Serious question: how did this get to #1 on a site titled hacker news? Are we really that cliche?
- joezydeco 16y agoLet's file it under "Understanding your Customer".
- robg 16y agoWhat 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. In Comments 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. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pyre 16y agoThis is an on-going battle, but I think that it is somewhat skewed. When enough people agree that "This story shouldn't be here" no one that complains gets quoted the rules. When few people agree that "this shouldn't be here" all of the people in disagreement trot out the rulebook. It really seems like a 'selectively enforced' rule, even though there aren't any 'official' HN enforcers.
- mathgladiator 16y agoThere is probably value in asking why it is appropriate as that will clue readers in to a different meaning due to the fact that writing is not exactly perfect way to convey meaning.
- minsight 16y agoHe's talking about people communicating in communities on the internet. Do you not see a link between that and Hacker News? Sometimes the medium can be the message.
- jashmenn 16y agoIt's the weekend
- nollidge 16y agoSerious question: did you read the whole thing? It started with a cliche idea, but wanders rather deeply into it.