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And what's wrong with that? "On topic" is anything that interests the group.
by brown9-2 15y ago
And what's wrong with that? "On topic" is anything that interests the group.
- maximusprime 15y agoSo if 1,000 fashion graduates join HN and start upvoting articles about what type of fabrics are in season, you'd be fine with that?
- nickik 15y agoAgree. People sometimes see geeks as (dont have a good english word for it, in german we say "Fachidioten", maybe One-subject-idiots) One-Subject-Idiots. I think its awesome that HN somethims gets into other subjects, the community holds a nice balance without to much regulation.
- davidw 15y agoFirst of all, it's intellectually dishonest, if done the way you were doing it. It'd be more correct to simply say "no, it's about current events/politics, and that interests me". However, there's something about that in the guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime". Also, "anything that interests the group" is a terrible way to run a site like this, because eventually the group grows, and if you don't place limits, you'll start getting Ron Paul stories, taser stories, etc... etc...