5 ms·

The author writes for the same blog as I do and I disagree this not being news. It is on the front page of HN right now with 50+ comments. If so many people car

by joop 18y ago

The author writes for the same blog as I do and I disagree this not being news. It is on the front page of HN right now with 50+ comments. If so many people care about it it is newsworthy.

rms 18y ago
Newsworthy isn't the same as "can get me traffic from hacker news." The initial event was newsworthy. But this meta discussion is just inciting angry behavior from people. That type of behavior drives traffic, of course, and I think it is extremely inappropriate to be using such a tactic with regards to such a sensitive subject.
- joop 18y ago
  Not everybody reads HN. The fact that it is OLD news here doesn't mean it is NO news.
petercooper 18y ago
Something that 58 (and counting) people care about is newsworthy?
tsally 18y ago
I suppose my comments are delving into a larger problem with the media in general, and the constant use of sensationalized stories and facts in order to get more exposure. All the main news organizations are doing it as well, but I wish journalists would cover things that actual mattered. We blame the government and greedy businessmen for the current state of the economy, but honestly if we still had independent journalism, it probably would have never happened. What a man can do, a man will do, and in our society, what a powerful man can do is limited only by what the media will call him out on. Anyway, I'm getting off topic. The bottom line is that page views != value. This seems like a blatant attempt at page views.
- joop 18y ago
  You make it sound like page views were invented by the Devil himself. Page views aren't bad and a good reflection of what people find interesting. Yes, this story is interesting. The 50+ comments are extremely interesting and highlight all the aspects that make this story interesting. Every blogger writes for an audience and having more people read your story is a good sign. The fact that this story was posted here (by someone not associated with that particular blog) is proof of that.
  - tsally 18y ago
    The blog post is clearly sensationalized. A poll option to fire him, really? There's also zero original content or insightful commentary, It's essentially just a copy/paste job from drama that happened on this site, with a bit of spice for page views thrown in.

by joop 18y ago

The author writes for the same blog as I do and I disagree this not being news. It is on the front page of HN right now with 50+ comments. If so many people care about it it is newsworthy.

rms 18y ago

Newsworthy isn't the same as "can get me traffic from hacker news." The initial event was newsworthy. But this meta discussion is just inciting angry behavior from people. That type of behavior drives traffic, of course, and I think it is extremely inappropriate to be using such a tactic with regards to such a sensitive subject.

joop 18y ago
Not everybody reads HN. The fact that it is OLD news here doesn't mean it is NO news.

petercooper 18y ago

Something that 58 (and counting) people care about is newsworthy?

tsally 18y ago

I suppose my comments are delving into a larger problem with the media in general, and the constant use of sensationalized stories and facts in order to get more exposure. All the main news organizations are doing it as well, but I wish journalists would cover things that actual mattered. We blame the government and greedy businessmen for the current state of the economy, but honestly if we still had independent journalism, it probably would have never happened. What a man can do, a man will do, and in our society, what a powerful man can do is limited only by what the media will call him out on. Anyway, I'm getting off topic. The bottom line is that page views != value. This seems like a blatant attempt at page views.

joop 18y ago
You make it sound like page views were invented by the Devil himself. Page views aren't bad and a good reflection of what people find interesting. Yes, this story is interesting. The 50+ comments are extremely interesting and highlight all the aspects that make this story interesting. Every blogger writes for an audience and having more people read your story is a good sign. The fact that this story was posted here (by someone not associated with that particular blog) is proof of that.
- tsally 18y ago
  The blog post is clearly sensationalized. A poll option to fire him, really? There's also zero original content or insightful commentary, It's essentially just a copy/paste job from drama that happened on this site, with a bit of spice for page views thrown in.