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Matrix off topic for HN? Ok I agree it’s a movie, but we’re talking about “The Matrix” here and not titanic, avengers or any other movie. Some of us don’t visit
by NKosmatos 7y ago
Matrix off topic for HN? Ok I agree it’s a movie, but we’re talking about “The Matrix” here and not titanic, avengers or any other movie. Some of us don’t visit entertainment/gossip sites or watch TV, so having one post informing us about a new matrix movie is not off topic (especially with the crap posts we regularly read).
- dang 7y agoI like The Matrix too. But this is unequivocally off topic for HN in more than one way. It's even an announcement of an announcement, the gold standard of offtopicness: https://hn.algolia.com/?query="announcement%20of%20an%20announcement"&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query="announcement%20of%20an%20anno.... Apart from that, major pop culture is off topic here except when there's something exceptional (i.e. unusually intellectually interesting) about the article, which is certainly not the case with this one.
- NKosmatos 7y agoOk Daniel, noted and thanks ;-)
- echelon 7y agoI just wanted to add that I was actually really excited to see this here, and it's the first I've heard of it. The conversation it generated was pretty good, too. It felt pertinent to our industry. That said, I understand the black and whiteness of rules so that there is no mistaking what is appropriate for HN.
- dang 7y agoYes, off-topic stories do that sometimes. I also sometimes enjoy reading flagged ones.
- faissaloo 7y agoThe Matrix is far beyond 'pop culture' at this point. It was made before my time and I still watched it specifically to get a perspective on modern social commentary. The impact of The Matrix on society has been monumental and it isn't something that should be so easily discarded.