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Demonstrably false by just visiting https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ (default sorted to stories by popularity which correlates highly with number

Demonstrably false by just visiting https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ (default sorted to stories by popularity which correlates highly with number of comments). Tons of great content and tons of great discussion. It's not all going to be great, but you can choose not to self-select into the comment section of stories you don't want to engage with.

vba616 5y ago
Ok, I looked. "Tons", but what percentage? Also, how many of those great threads had anything to do with intellectual curiosity? Here is a prime example: "“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says" Another: "Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever" They may be tailored for the HN crowd, and not some of the more toxic threads but can you make a case they're about intellectual stimulation? There's no way to avoid all possible collateral damage. But also, if the guidelines are inoperative, something should be done to align them with reality.
- vba616 5y ago
  FFS, "Stephen Hawking has died" is NEWS. It's not Stephen Hawking's new theory! A message to our customers is also news. If someone is capable of discriminating among news stories, that's all well and good. But they aren't. Probably due to lack of resources which dang often alludes to. Another thing, "All time" is all time, by definition, it doesn't capture if things are getting worse, which I think they are. What have we got for popularity in the last week? "Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes(https://www.jremissing.com/ https://www.jremissing.com/)" Oh, yeah, that's TOTALLY HN material! Well, it is now, isn't it? Something can be tech-related and still complete clickbait and by-the-book not appropriate. And if that's what HN is, fine. Change the goddamn description of what it is, then.

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Demonstrably false by just visiting https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ (default sorted to stories by popularity which correlates highly with number

by coderintherye 5y ago

vba616 5y ago
Ok, I looked. "Tons", but what percentage? Also, how many of those great threads had anything to do with intellectual curiosity? Here is a prime example: "“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says" Another: "Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever" They may be tailored for the HN crowd, and not some of the more toxic threads but can you make a case they're about intellectual stimulation? There's no way to avoid all possible collateral damage. But also, if the guidelines are inoperative, something should be done to align them with reality.
- vba616 5y ago
  FFS, "Stephen Hawking has died" is NEWS. It's not Stephen Hawking's new theory! A message to our customers is also news. If someone is capable of discriminating among news stories, that's all well and good. But they aren't. Probably due to lack of resources which dang often alludes to. Another thing, "All time" is all time, by definition, it doesn't capture if things are getting worse, which I think they are. What have we got for popularity in the last week? "Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes(https://www.jremissing.com/ https://www.jremissing.com/)" Oh, yeah, that's TOTALLY HN material! Well, it is now, isn't it? Something can be tech-related and still complete clickbait and by-the-book not appropriate. And if that's what HN is, fine. Change the goddamn description of what it is, then.