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How did this page ended up on HN? It seems quite irrelevant.

• nurettin 8y ago
  HN is not topical.
  • alcover 8y ago
    Yes it is. - Per the guide-lines : "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports" - Per usage
    • _Microft 8y ago
      The sentence goes on, saying unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon which might apply here.
      • collyw 8y ago
        Did you read the subtitle? "For years, a subculture of teenage hobbyhorse enthusiasts flourished under the radar."
        • sctb 8y ago
          Can we stop the jousting match here? If this were a website for teenage hobbyhorse enthusiasts I'm sure it would be old news. But it's interesting to people who haven't heard of it before. It's OK for others to like things that you don't. There will always be some of that on Hacker News and the most polite thing we can do is leave others to their enjoyment.
      • FireBeyond 8y ago
        "I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses." -- Bill Walsh
    • jeandejean 8y ago
      > If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. That seems to apply here.
      • icebraining 8y ago
        The NYT is not "TV news". The goal of that rule isn't to exclude any mainstream news publication.
• _Microft 8y ago
  The new submission guidelines define on- and off-topic as follows: 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. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic., https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html The first highlight is the good, general rule, the second highlight the one that applies to the submission in question, in my opinion.
• Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  If you don't like it, just downvote it instead of trying to appeal to a higher power. It's a democracy, not your personal curated news list.
  • dfxm12 8y ago
    How do you downvote a submission?
    • whenchamenia 8y ago
      By moving on with your day.
      • Kiro 8y ago
        No, you get the downvote button once you have 500 karma.
        • pjc50 8y ago
          I have 45000 karma and still can't downvote submissions, only flag them.