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Should HN limits the ability to comments only to paying visitors?

by conradfr 3y ago

rglullis 3y ago
Is HN funded by ads? Is there a paid version of it?
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  HN is a sort of ad. This place was made as a recruitment funnel for a VC firm. Also there are occasionally overt ads for companies funded by said VC firm inserted into the list on the front page. You can recognize these because they have the comment sections disabled.
  - rglullis 3y ago
    None of the YC companies pay for the job listings. So no, HN by itself is not a business, so it makes no sense to debate whether it "ad-funded" or not. The fact that there is someone with deep pockets that see this whole network as an opportunity for building their branding does not mean that they look at a balance sheet, or find "advertisers" in case their fund makes an expected loss, or anything like that.
    - mcpackieh 3y ago
      HN is funded as an ad.
      - rglullis 3y ago
        I understand what you are trying to say, but it makes absolutely no sense and it's terrible word-thinking. Let me repeat. HN, by itself, is not a business. It is pointless to talk about its "business model", "funding", "revenue" or whether is breaks even or not. HN is not a core part of YC. Twitter/Facebook/Reddit are at its core social media networks. They wouldn't exist as businesses if they are not expecting to get any type of revenue based on their social media offering. There is no way to compare any of them with HN.
        mcpackieh 3y ago
        > "HN, by itself, is not a business" Who said HN is a business? I never said that, you seem to be reading between lines, words I didn't write. To reiterate, you asked if HN is funded by ads. I responded that HN is an ad (an ad, not a business), and furthermore often contains overt ads. And I never said anything about Twitter/Facebook/Reddit at all. Anyway, if you want to argue with the version of me that exists in your imagination, you obviously don't need the real me here for it. So peace out.
        rglullis 3y ago
        > I responded that HN is an ad And that is a ridiculous statement. > And I never said anything about Twitter/Facebook/Reddit at all. Then you interjected without any relation to the context of the conversation, and instead made this flawed and unrelated argument about "HN as an ad".

Should HN limits the ability to comments only to paying visitors?

rglullis 3y ago

Is HN funded by ads? Is there a paid version of it?

mcpackieh 3y ago
HN is a sort of ad. This place was made as a recruitment funnel for a VC firm. Also there are occasionally overt ads for companies funded by said VC firm inserted into the list on the front page. You can recognize these because they have the comment sections disabled.
- rglullis 3y ago
  None of the YC companies pay for the job listings. So no, HN by itself is not a business, so it makes no sense to debate whether it "ad-funded" or not. The fact that there is someone with deep pockets that see this whole network as an opportunity for building their branding does not mean that they look at a balance sheet, or find "advertisers" in case their fund makes an expected loss, or anything like that.
  - mcpackieh 3y ago
    HN is funded as an ad.
    - rglullis 3y ago
      I understand what you are trying to say, but it makes absolutely no sense and it's terrible word-thinking. Let me repeat. HN, by itself, is not a business. It is pointless to talk about its "business model", "funding", "revenue" or whether is breaks even or not. HN is not a core part of YC. Twitter/Facebook/Reddit are at its core social media networks. They wouldn't exist as businesses if they are not expecting to get any type of revenue based on their social media offering. There is no way to compare any of them with HN.
      - mcpackieh 3y ago
        > "HN, by itself, is not a business" Who said HN is a business? I never said that, you seem to be reading between lines, words I didn't write. To reiterate, you asked if HN is funded by ads. I responded that HN is an ad (an ad, not a business), and furthermore often contains overt ads. And I never said anything about Twitter/Facebook/Reddit at all. Anyway, if you want to argue with the version of me that exists in your imagination, you obviously don't need the real me here for it. So peace out.
        rglullis 3y ago
        > I responded that HN is an ad And that is a ridiculous statement. > And I never said anything about Twitter/Facebook/Reddit at all. Then you interjected without any relation to the context of the conversation, and instead made this flawed and unrelated argument about "HN as an ad".