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To be fair, the purpose of HN is to serve YC -- that's why we don't see ads on the site. People have suggested not scribd-ing everything before; I can only ass
by jcl 18y ago
To be fair, the purpose of HN is to serve YC -- that's why we don't see ads on the site. People have suggested not scribd-ing everything before; I can only assume that the reason this has not yet happened is because the feedback we are providing is more valuable to YC than a few upset readers.
And this may well be the case: When most people have problems accessing a web page one way, they won't tell you directly; instead, they'll try to find another way to access it or give up. By providing only one way to read PDFs on a discussion board, you get access to this otherwise invisible negative feedback.
- dreish 18y agoYes, but not every idea turns out to be a good one. Based on the unanimous jeers every time a PDF submission gets autoconverted, scribd appears not to be one of the good ones. Maybe it's time to try something else.
- dbrush 18y agoIt isn't unanimous.
- fff123 18y ago> the purpose of HN is to serve YC -- that's why we don't see ads on the site. We don't see ads because the site is run by millionaires and hardly takes any computing resources or bandwidth.
- icey 18y agoI assume you remember how those millionaires got to be that way and what they're doing these days, right?