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You know how every now and then someone comments "That's it, HN has officially become Reddit" or something along those lines? Well, I think this would be a good

by kleiba 6y ago

You know how every now and then someone comments "That's it, HN has officially become Reddit" or something along those lines? Well, I think this would be a good opportunity... (Usually, those comments get downvoted, so please feel free.)

thendrill 6y ago
Nahh nahh. You are absolutely right. I love it when the techno "elite" throws out their principles the moment something feels icky but has no set social norms only parallels that are to icky to think about in an objective way. So you are absolutely correct. Hn is just reddit suddenly
- Nursie 6y ago
  Who has principles that state it’s ok to take someone else’s personal pics from social media and post them as effectively porn?
  - thendrill 6y ago
    So it is ok for bloggers, journalists, fan sites, meme sites, meme factories etc. To take someone's publicly posted pic and use it for amusement or personal gain? But it is not ok for a group of collectors to organize collections on internet out of crops of publicy posted photos, for something completely legal?
    - Nursie 6y ago
      You’re setting up a straw man and then knocking it down, as such I feel no need to argue with this.
Karsteski 6y ago
Why do you think they are downvoted? To me, it comes across as pretentious grandstanding, but I also understand the sentiment. I've not been using hacker news for very long, so I'm not familiar with what was posted 5+ years ago
taspeotis 6y ago
For what it’s worth the last guideline “addresses” this [1]. Seems to be a bit of a meme ‘round these parts. I feel this submission is too quirky and long-form for the front page of Reddit. On occasion HN does a good job surfacing these sorts of articles. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Wohlf 6y ago
I am sympathetic to your viewpoint, but personally I find "exploring weird internet subcultures" within the spirit of hacking, if not the letter of the law. I'd much rather see this than a lot of the start-up related stuff posted here.

by kleiba 6y ago

thendrill 6y ago

Nahh nahh. You are absolutely right. I love it when the techno "elite" throws out their principles the moment something feels icky but has no set social norms only parallels that are to icky to think about in an objective way. So you are absolutely correct. Hn is just reddit suddenly

Nursie 6y ago
Who has principles that state it’s ok to take someone else’s personal pics from social media and post them as effectively porn?
- thendrill 6y ago
  So it is ok for bloggers, journalists, fan sites, meme sites, meme factories etc. To take someone's publicly posted pic and use it for amusement or personal gain? But it is not ok for a group of collectors to organize collections on internet out of crops of publicy posted photos, for something completely legal?
  - Nursie 6y ago
    You’re setting up a straw man and then knocking it down, as such I feel no need to argue with this.

Karsteski 6y ago

Why do you think they are downvoted? To me, it comes across as pretentious grandstanding, but I also understand the sentiment. I've not been using hacker news for very long, so I'm not familiar with what was posted 5+ years ago

taspeotis 6y ago

For what it’s worth the last guideline “addresses” this [1]. Seems to be a bit of a meme ‘round these parts. I feel this submission is too quirky and long-form for the front page of Reddit. On occasion HN does a good job surfacing these sorts of articles. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Wohlf 6y ago

I am sympathetic to your viewpoint, but personally I find "exploring weird internet subcultures" within the spirit of hacking, if not the letter of the law. I'd much rather see this than a lot of the start-up related stuff posted here.