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I think it's perfectly fine to see this on HN. Much better than endless TSA stories around Thanksgiving. Unlike these it actually provides some interesting deta
by borism 16y ago
I think it's perfectly fine to see this on HN. Much better than endless TSA stories around Thanksgiving. Unlike these it actually provides some interesting detailed information about something from a person with intimate knowledge of the matter, with minimal amount of opinion.
And instead of endless anger and frustration it seems to generate healthy debate of whether some of the details seem appropriate, or at least makes reader think how would they cope with situation.
- iuguy 16y agoI think you raise some valid points and you articulate them very well. To clarify, my points are that the on-topic nature is questionable (which you've responded to, thanks and I think you raise some points that challenge my view very well) but that I also think that reddit is a better outlet for this. To expand, Reddit has a whole load of people who are in a better position to spread the word, evangelise and have a greater reach than HN. As PostOnce says, HN is like a single subreddit and while one post of this nature is fine, lots of them would devalue the site. Thankfully this doesn't appear to have happened. I'm not sure I agree with your point about anger and frustration, someone vented at me earlier on another comment. It's clear this is an emotional issue for some, with facts that are less than clear.
- borism 16y agoBut how would you deal with it? If it's not Wikileaks or TSA, there will be some other topic that is borderline offtopic to HN. It's not feasible to start implementing content-based filtering IMHO. The HN will eventually devalue and be replaced by something else, like it happened to Reddit, Slashdot and Usenet if you will. That's just normal circle of life. Pointless to fight it IMHO.