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The reason they fall into obscurity is there's a crapton of people who are only here to submit their own website, or to build karma by submitting fluff (eg a gr
by benologist 15y ago
The reason they fall into obscurity is there's a crapton of people who are only here to submit their own website, or to build karma by submitting fluff (eg a gruber article where he literally just links to another site).
I do like your idea, except it destroys discovering stuff that is just plain interesting - like that "How can I do something meaningful" thread on the front page now.
- jayfuerstenberg 15y agoThank you for your feedback! I'm one of those people that posts links to updates on my blog. Advertising, in and of itself, is not a bad thing in my opinion. If you cured cancer but forgot to tell anybody nobody would stand to benefit. But yeah, some advertisers really go too far to grab your attention. As for Daring Fireball, it's really great site and I learn a tremendous amount by visiting it, even if John Gruber's just linking to something. The traffic his site gets goes to help those to whom he links and the readers get introduced to new apps and blogs. It's no different than HN in some regards, only more curated. In any case, thanks again!
- mooism2 15y agoWhen Daring Fireball (or any other blog) merely links to something elsewhere, it usually doesn't make sense to submit the DF post to HN: instead submit what DF linked to. In this case the DF post is superfluous to anyone who isn't directly following DF's feed.