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I was also wondering this. I don't care too much about one instance, but it makes me wonder what other major tech news HN is failing to select for. It's relevan

I was also wondering this. I don't care too much about one instance, but it makes me wonder what other major tech news HN is failing to select for. It's relevant & a very significant story, so I think of it as a failure of HN's system/community if it doesn't rank appropriately.

r721 4y ago
I think this is one of those cases when different people flag different threads, and as a result there is no winning front page thread (some small amount of flags has a negative effect on ranking).
- jfoster 4y ago
  You're probably correct about that, but it still makes me wonder what other stories might not be making it due to similar circumstances.
  - fragmede 4y ago
    There are tons, and the new page is fickle to the point that good stories often don’t get placed and the moderators here invite them back to try again. Here should definitely not be your only source for news.
gregjor 4y ago
How is it relevant as a technical story? It's more about money and ego. Mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry matter to some degree to those of us working in the field, but just because it involves Elon Musk doesn't make it headline news. I can't think of anything tech-related that will change if Musk buys Twitter, or doesn't, nor do I care how much he pays for it, or how he gets the money, or what changes he says he'll make. I don't use Twitter and I don't think of it as a tech platform.
- jfoster 4y ago
  Subtract Elon Musk from the story. Would Twitter becoming a private company any other way be a front-page worthy story? At $54.2 billion, it's even newsworthy just through the sheer size of the transaction. I'm not sure, but might it be the highest valued company to ever go from public to private?
  - gregjor 4y ago
    Sure, it’s news, but more business news than tech news. Twitter isn’t doing any groundbreaking tech work. Worth noting but hardly front page or needing dozens of dup posts just because it has to do with Musk.

r721 4y ago

I think this is one of those cases when different people flag different threads, and as a result there is no winning front page thread (some small amount of flags has a negative effect on ranking).

jfoster 4y ago
You're probably correct about that, but it still makes me wonder what other stories might not be making it due to similar circumstances.
- fragmede 4y ago
  There are tons, and the new page is fickle to the point that good stories often don’t get placed and the moderators here invite them back to try again. Here should definitely not be your only source for news.

gregjor 4y ago

How is it relevant as a technical story? It's more about money and ego. Mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry matter to some degree to those of us working in the field, but just because it involves Elon Musk doesn't make it headline news. I can't think of anything tech-related that will change if Musk buys Twitter, or doesn't, nor do I care how much he pays for it, or how he gets the money, or what changes he says he'll make. I don't use Twitter and I don't think of it as a tech platform.

jfoster 4y ago
Subtract Elon Musk from the story. Would Twitter becoming a private company any other way be a front-page worthy story? At $54.2 billion, it's even newsworthy just through the sheer size of the transaction. I'm not sure, but might it be the highest valued company to ever go from public to private?
- gregjor 4y ago
  Sure, it’s news, but more business news than tech news. Twitter isn’t doing any groundbreaking tech work. Worth noting but hardly front page or needing dozens of dup posts just because it has to do with Musk.