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Aren’t manual curators biased towards their beliefs? What makes a comment a “gem” from the perspective of a curator?
by andreygrehov 3y ago
Aren’t manual curators biased towards their beliefs? What makes a comment a “gem” from the perspective of a curator?
- ftxbro 3y agoIt looks like one is a gem when it's by the maker of the thing under discussion, especially if it's an unexpected surprise!
- dang 3y agoAbsolutely - there are all sorts of amazing comments like that buried in HN's archives.
- WA 3y agoThat’s how I tell others about HN usually: it’s a news aggregator with comments for nerds, but the cool thing is, often someone chimes in and says "I was on the team who did this and here’s some more/different background info".
- Julesman 3y agoThis isn't free speech. This is someone's website. They can have opinions. They can be different than yours. Right?
- dang 3y agoSure they are. The word "curate" comes from "care". That's a subjective feeling! However, it's not so subjective that other people can't share it, and that's what makes these things fun to share. From my perspective, a 'gem' would be a post that has something rare and interesting about it, and perhaps also touching or beautiful.