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I'm curious why you don't think it's relevant to HN, or do you think finance in general is irrelevant?

• markus_zhang 6y ago
  The problem is if finance is very relevant then pretty much we should be able to see a whole range of financial topics here. I still consider HN to be more tech related, but again this is just my POV. And if the community thinks finance is at least equally relevant then I'm fine. I mean I don't "hate" this post, I'm just curious how relevant it is to HN community. And I could be on the wrong end.
  • b0afc375b5 6y ago
    Agreed. I would say fin tech is somewhat relevant, since it has the tech component. But finance in general does not interest me at all. And that's coming from a former accountant.
  • brokencode 6y ago
    Stories are relevant if people find them interesting, and that’s about all the rhyme or reason there is to it. Somebody losing $20 billion in a matter of days is very eye-catching.
  • plank_time 6y ago
    You are definitely on the wrong end. HN is for any articles that are interesting, with a bias towards tech but not exclusively about it. This is a fascinating article and I’m glad that it was posted.
  • totalZero 6y ago
    Ignoring all the ways that tech and finance crisscross one another these days and focusing specifically on HN: Y Combinator is a venture capital firm, and startups are businesses. HN is inextricably tied to finance.