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I don't really understand what such an opinion piece does on top of HN. I guess that the article gets likes because of affection people have with this anime. B

I don't really understand what such an opinion piece does on top of HN. I guess that the article gets likes because of affection people have with this anime. But, otherwise, I have the feeling that this article is completely off-topic, and does not even provide any meaningful information. In addition, the atlantic website sucks so so much as it is completely broken on mobile web browser, with the scroll not working...

boxed 4y ago
I think you might misunderstand what HN is.
Ayesh 4y ago
ha! I was going to write something similar about the broken website. Turns out it was because my adblocker had blocked their "You don't have free articles" popup and the backdrop. I'd rather not read their articles, no thank you.
sublinear 4y ago
I agree. Regardless of opinion on the 00's pop culture, or the cohort of people reading this at the moment, this isn't relevant to the spirit or function of HN. This isn't reddit.
- martopix 4y ago
  Uhm, perhaps HN is not for you? HN is about the community of hackers, not hacking in itself. Anything you chat about at lunchtime with colleagues is on-topic. Reddit is different, there's a lot more about memes and fun, usually. This is more intellectual.
mkaic 4y ago
from the HN guidelines: What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. I would argue that a thoughtful analysis of a film widely regarded to be one of the best films ever made is definitely something that gratifies intellectual curiosity. Furthermore, the fact that the post has attracted high-quality discussion and a high number of upvotes suggests that many hackers do, indeed, find this interesting. I hope you have a wonderful evening!
- sublinear 4y ago
  I hope you also have a wonderful evening/night but I wouldn't call this "high quality discussion". If the comments were technical in nature and direct from the people involved in the creation of this film, I would agree. Otherwise this is just a nostalgic circle jerk. The quality of posts on HN is vital to the continuation of the platform and this is hardly such an example. As I said, this is not reddit.
  - krapp 4y ago
    >The quality of posts on HN is vital to the continuation of the platform and this is hardly such an example. The quality of discussion here is not much different than in most "technical" discussions.

boxed 4y ago

I think you might misunderstand what HN is.

Ayesh 4y ago

ha! I was going to write something similar about the broken website. Turns out it was because my adblocker had blocked their "You don't have free articles" popup and the backdrop. I'd rather not read their articles, no thank you.

sublinear 4y ago

I agree. Regardless of opinion on the 00's pop culture, or the cohort of people reading this at the moment, this isn't relevant to the spirit or function of HN. This isn't reddit.

martopix 4y ago
Uhm, perhaps HN is not for you? HN is about the community of hackers, not hacking in itself. Anything you chat about at lunchtime with colleagues is on-topic. Reddit is different, there's a lot more about memes and fun, usually. This is more intellectual.

mkaic 4y ago

from the HN guidelines: What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. I would argue that a thoughtful analysis of a film widely regarded to be one of the best films ever made is definitely something that gratifies intellectual curiosity. Furthermore, the fact that the post has attracted high-quality discussion and a high number of upvotes suggests that many hackers do, indeed, find this interesting. I hope you have a wonderful evening!

sublinear 4y ago
I hope you also have a wonderful evening/night but I wouldn't call this "high quality discussion". If the comments were technical in nature and direct from the people involved in the creation of this film, I would agree. Otherwise this is just a nostalgic circle jerk. The quality of posts on HN is vital to the continuation of the platform and this is hardly such an example. As I said, this is not reddit.
- krapp 4y ago
  >The quality of posts on HN is vital to the continuation of the platform and this is hardly such an example. The quality of discussion here is not much different than in most "technical" discussions.