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This is an interesting point. You're right - no byline or dateline. Not great things on a "News" platform. But that begs the question: is Hacker News a "news"
by daveslash 5y ago
This is an interesting point. You're right - no byline or dateline. Not great things on a "News" platform.
But that begs the question: is Hacker News a "news" site? Despite having "news" in the name, I prefer to think of it more as a "Directory of Mostly Wonderful [Hacker] Things". At least, that's what I lurk here.
- dang 5y agoI see it like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22new%20to%20you%22%20hacker&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- vincent-manis 5y agoThat use of “begs the question” is unfortunate. “Raises the question” would be more cromulent, provided that cromulence can be compared.
- JCVI-syn10 5y agoWhile some may accuse you of pedantry, I applaud your embiggening others' understanding of this common mistake.
- daveslash 5y agoI stand by "begs the question" - it's perfectly cromulent for all "intensive purposes". (/s ~ in all seriousness, I appreciate the correction!)
- hunterb123 5y agoThe cromulent way to describe HN is "news aggregator".