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Two things, I think: 1) Increasing numbers of political stories are tightly integrated with startup life and technology -- so Fred Wilson et. al. are weighing
by jdp23 15y ago
Two things, I think:
1) Increasing numbers of political stories are tightly integrated with startup life and technology -- so Fred Wilson et. al. are weighing in, and that leads to followon discussion
2) Many people on HN are interested in talking about these issues. So, while Paul and the old-timers would rather not (and change the rules when necessary), there are always plenty of politically-related stories that do meet the HN guidelines.
- tptacek 15y agoNot talking about politics is almost the charter of this site. It's was conceived of as a Reddit for people that share the mindset of hacker startup founders and couldn't stomach the noise of Reddit. Read the guidelines "inside-out" for a description of the problem with Reddit at the time HN was started. Note the things that leap out of the guidelines as concrete examples and not abstractions. Politics. Cute animal pictures. Videos of disasters. Crime. There is a place for people, including people who share the mindset of hacker startup founders, to share cat pictures and civil liberties discussions. It's called Reddit. We don't need two Reddits. We do need at least one HN.