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Why does this strongtowns crap keep showing up on HN? All of their "evidence" is just anecdotal information, none of their claims are backed by any actual evid

by cwhiz 6y ago

Why does this strongtowns crap keep showing up on HN? All of their "evidence" is just anecdotal information, none of their claims are backed by any actual evidence, and their whole site is designed to get you to pay money to become a member and/or buy their books. It's not technical, and it's not even news. What is it doing here?

chrisseaton 6y ago
> All of their "evidence" is just anecdotal information, none of their claims are backed by any actual evidence It's a magazine, not a peer-reviewed journal. Sometimes that's fine. Sometimes a casual conversation about issues without a reproducible study is ok.
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AnimalMuppet 6y ago
What is it doing here? The same thing that everything else is doing here: someone submitted it. And enough people find it interesting that it makes the front page. Some of us want to live, not just code. We care about how we live, not just what we write. Mind you, I myself don't find these strongtowns articles particularly compelling. But enough people do for them to "keep showing up on HN". And I'm not going to say that those who find them interesting are wrong.
- cwhiz 6y ago
  If you want nonsense, go to an actual news site. This site was created for a specific purpose.
  - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
    From the guidelines: > What to Submit > 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. You may be a "good hacker", but you're not the only one. Enough people here find this stuff interesting that it's within the purpose of the site.
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briHass 6y ago
Strongtowns has been predicting the death of the 'burbs for as long as they've existed. That drumbeat continues even now, as people (rich, mostly) are flocking to the suburbs and the sun belt to escape overtaxed, overcrowded, and poorly run cities like NYC. They are a bit like Zerohedge constantly talking about the economy imploding...soon.

by cwhiz 6y ago

chrisseaton 6y ago

> All of their "evidence" is just anecdotal information, none of their claims are backed by any actual evidence It's a magazine, not a peer-reviewed journal. Sometimes that's fine. Sometimes a casual conversation about issues without a reproducible study is ok.

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AnimalMuppet 6y ago

What is it doing here? The same thing that everything else is doing here: someone submitted it. And enough people find it interesting that it makes the front page. Some of us want to live, not just code. We care about how we live, not just what we write. Mind you, I myself don't find these strongtowns articles particularly compelling. But enough people do for them to "keep showing up on HN". And I'm not going to say that those who find them interesting are wrong.

cwhiz 6y ago
If you want nonsense, go to an actual news site. This site was created for a specific purpose.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  From the guidelines: > What to Submit > 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. You may be a "good hacker", but you're not the only one. Enough people here find this stuff interesting that it's within the purpose of the site.

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briHass 6y ago

Strongtowns has been predicting the death of the 'burbs for as long as they've existed. That drumbeat continues even now, as people (rich, mostly) are flocking to the suburbs and the sun belt to escape overtaxed, overcrowded, and poorly run cities like NYC. They are a bit like Zerohedge constantly talking about the economy imploding...soon.