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I think you forgot one major sub category... ...submissions about submissions being off topic. I don't think business is off topic seeing as this site is half
by pmorici 18y ago
I think you forgot one major sub category... ...submissions about submissions being off topic.
I don't think business is off topic seeing as this site is half about starting a business
Economics effect those businesses so in a particularly bad week esp. one in which events that haven't happened to the great depression transpire you are going to see some stories about it.
What political news are you talking about? The only posts even remotely politically related was the Palin e-mail story and that was about a vulnerability in Yahoo's password recovery system. Something people writing their own might want to keep in mind. If it had been a sports star who's e-mail had been compromised would that be a "Sports story"
- comatose_kid 18y agoBusiness submissions can dilute the front page. For example, take articles about the current economic environment (mergers, banks dying off) - they suck because: 1) You can read about that stuff everywhere right now (news.google, front of popular magazines). 2) It doesn't really help start my business as it provides little actionable advice. 3) Look at 1) again. I'm not interested in reading about current events on HN. Other sites do a better job of this, and that is not why I come here. Generally, if it appears on the front page of news.google.com, it shouldn't be on this site. Of course I'm not against biz articles categorically, just the ones that meet the above criteria.
- raganwald 18y agoYou can read about that stuff everywhere right now (news.google, front of popular magazines). => The existing guidelines hint at this by suggesting that if you can find it on certain other sites, it explicitly doesn't belong here. It doesn't really help start my business as it provides little actionable advice. => Very insightful.