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With all due respect, am I alone in thinking there is a lot of echo in HN at the moment, with much of it not really hacker related? Example... http://news.ycom

by babul 18y ago

With all due respect, am I alone in thinking there is a lot of echo in HN at the moment, with much of it not really hacker related? Example... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218496 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218496 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218540 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218540 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218550 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218550

babul 18y ago
Should/is there any guidance to use on HN? Is it doomed to be another digg/reddit/etc. clone?
- gaika 18y ago
  Guidlines are pretty clear - http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - babul 18y ago
    Thanks, must have missed this.
vlad 18y ago
The in-season dates for startup and programming news seem to be in the months preceeding YCombinator application due dates. I think the combination (pun) of a startup mindset at those times (possibly in both voting and submitting), and users trying to get some posts in, could be why.