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I really dislike posts like this on HN. It’s essentially whining. The author does not suggest any alternative, does not offer any ideas of their own, and just l
by alexmingoia 7y ago
I really dislike posts like this on HN. It’s essentially whining. The author does not suggest any alternative, does not offer any ideas of their own, and just laments the state of the world.
Instead let’s upvote articles on how to build search engines, how search indexing could be improved, how Google’s search works, etc.
- njsubedi 7y agoThe upvotes on this post say something else. Personally, I value the discussion more than the post itself, so as long as there's a healthy discussion the post checks out.
- kabacha 7y agoWhy does an article have to do both: raise the problem and provide a fix for it? Do you also expect journalists to catch serial killers?
- alexmingoia 7y agoThere's a difference between breaking news and lamenting the state of the world. Journalists don't write articles that say nothing but "Serial killers are terrible. I want to live in a world without serial killers." We can agree to disagree. I personally do not find any value in people complaining without illuminating the problem they're complaining about, and seeking or proposing a different vision or solution.
- ric2b 7y agoThis article is not just whining, it is detailing the ways that SEO has impacted the internet, many of them not obvious to most people.
- DeathArrow 7y agoSo if my car breaks I am not supposed to say it is broken unless I provide detailed instructions on how to fix it and on how a car should be engineered to avoid being broken?