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@dang seeing as this is a derivative of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 but the credit isn't very cl

by tailspin2019 5y ago

@dang seeing as this is a derivative of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 but the credit isn't very clear, could you give the original Show HN another repost perhaps? Seems a shame that the author of the majority of this work (pieterhg) didn't get a lot of credit here or the same level of interest in their original Show HN.

NilsIRL 5y ago
This one even supports a HN, Microsoft Word and Google docs theme.
- tailspin2019 5y ago
  Wow! I hadn't even spotted that. Very cool. EDIT: For others, here are quick links to the Hacker News, MS Word, Google Docs and VS Code themes for pieterhg's original: https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/docx https://remoteok.io/docx https://remoteok.io/docs https://remoteok.io/docs https://remoteok.io/vscode https://remoteok.io/vscode This was first posted 45 days ago by pieterhg: Show HN: I made a fake VS Code so you can browse remote jobs in your office (remoteok.io) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170
  - libria 5y ago
    > https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/hn Might also need the reverse of this, HN dressed up as a job search site. For when your parents keep nagging you to look for a job, but you just want to browse HN.
throwawayswede 5y ago
A bit dickish of you to try to divert attention (and call for moderation) just because you think some post got to the top of HN while (in your opinion) another one should’ve. Just wanted to let you know. You don’t have to be that person. I’d be very interested in hearing your rationalization for this (especially the call for moderation)
- libertine 5y ago
  How's giving credit to the original guy "a bit dickish"? That's precisely what should be done in these situations, bring awareness to the original just because when it was shared it didn't got lucky to get traction on HN. No one is taking away from the originality or work of OP, but the fact that OP used the other person's work, why not reference it?
  - throwawayswede 5y ago
    The point is not in giving credit, but in taking credit away. All these boards are based on luck. Trying to argue agains why one got up and the other didn’t isn’t constructive. It’s verging on toxic imho
    - libertine 5y ago
      Well except the point is to give credit where it's due. I read the parent comment in the way of giving credit to the original creator of the content - as far as we know OP could have copied everything (which apparently he did, from images to the css). In my opinion, the bare minimum he could have done was to credit who he copied it from, since he didn't even bother to take the printscreens for the images himself. Imagine you're going around downloading projects that didn't get traction on HNs, just change the api, and by chance you got more votes, so it's all good? That's just messed up.
      - throwawayswede 5y ago
        True, and I’m not arguing that this person deserves more (or any) credit than the other, my gripe is with calling for moderation straight up as if he’s almost calling the police. I should’ve made it clear that that is the dickish part imho
        tailspin2019 5y ago
        I wasn’t calling for moderation. I was suggesting that it would be good to repost the other HN article too. Reposting another article to give it another opportunity to be seen has no impact on this one. This is an additive action. This is not moderation. There is a standard HN practice of sometimes reposting articles that didn’t get much traction the first time around. Given that this article that we’re commenting on right now reached the top of HN’s home page but the original (barely credited) work garnered only a handful of comments, I thought it might be worth the original being reposted. You’ve thrown around some name calling and brought up the word “toxic” here. I won’t respond in kind other than to say I find these comments a little ironic.

NilsIRL 5y ago

This one even supports a HN, Microsoft Word and Google docs theme.

tailspin2019 5y ago
Wow! I hadn't even spotted that. Very cool. EDIT: For others, here are quick links to the Hacker News, MS Word, Google Docs and VS Code themes for pieterhg's original: https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/docx https://remoteok.io/docx https://remoteok.io/docs https://remoteok.io/docs https://remoteok.io/vscode https://remoteok.io/vscode This was first posted 45 days ago by pieterhg: Show HN: I made a fake VS Code so you can browse remote jobs in your office (remoteok.io) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472170
- libria 5y ago
  > https://remoteok.io/hn https://remoteok.io/hn Might also need the reverse of this, HN dressed up as a job search site. For when your parents keep nagging you to look for a job, but you just want to browse HN.

throwawayswede 5y ago

A bit dickish of you to try to divert attention (and call for moderation) just because you think some post got to the top of HN while (in your opinion) another one should’ve. Just wanted to let you know. You don’t have to be that person. I’d be very interested in hearing your rationalization for this (especially the call for moderation)

libertine 5y ago
How's giving credit to the original guy "a bit dickish"? That's precisely what should be done in these situations, bring awareness to the original just because when it was shared it didn't got lucky to get traction on HN. No one is taking away from the originality or work of OP, but the fact that OP used the other person's work, why not reference it?
- throwawayswede 5y ago
  The point is not in giving credit, but in taking credit away. All these boards are based on luck. Trying to argue agains why one got up and the other didn’t isn’t constructive. It’s verging on toxic imho
  - libertine 5y ago
    Well except the point is to give credit where it's due. I read the parent comment in the way of giving credit to the original creator of the content - as far as we know OP could have copied everything (which apparently he did, from images to the css). In my opinion, the bare minimum he could have done was to credit who he copied it from, since he didn't even bother to take the printscreens for the images himself. Imagine you're going around downloading projects that didn't get traction on HNs, just change the api, and by chance you got more votes, so it's all good? That's just messed up.
    - throwawayswede 5y ago
      True, and I’m not arguing that this person deserves more (or any) credit than the other, my gripe is with calling for moderation straight up as if he’s almost calling the police. I should’ve made it clear that that is the dickish part imho
      - tailspin2019 5y ago
        I wasn’t calling for moderation. I was suggesting that it would be good to repost the other HN article too. Reposting another article to give it another opportunity to be seen has no impact on this one. This is an additive action. This is not moderation. There is a standard HN practice of sometimes reposting articles that didn’t get much traction the first time around. Given that this article that we’re commenting on right now reached the top of HN’s home page but the original (barely credited) work garnered only a handful of comments, I thought it might be worth the original being reposted. You’ve thrown around some name calling and brought up the word “toxic” here. I won’t respond in kind other than to say I find these comments a little ironic.