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> Stretching is probably good, no? I don’t believe so, HN should be a place where people talk about tech and academia. Once you expand the scope, it says “thi
by pipeline_peak 3y ago
> Stretching is probably good, no?
I don’t believe so, HN should be a place where people talk about tech and academia.
Once you expand the scope, it says “this is what this group of people by majority have decided is Interesting, regardless of the field”. To me that reads as a cult mindset.
I think shrinking the scope allows people to challenge their opinions. When you broaden it, discussions become nothing more than “wow bird house building is really cool, thanks HN!” “I’m glad I found out how to build a tandem bike”
- dang 3y agoPerhaps some users who felt that it gratified theirs could say why.
- pipeline_peak 3y agoIdk if you noticed but, I edited my above comment
- dang 3y agoAh I see it now. Well, I'm afraid you're running against the grain of HN tradition there. HN, since the day pg renamed it from Startup News to Hacker News, has always been for anything that gratifies intellectual curiosity—specifically "anything that good hackers would find interesting". As he wrote way back then ( https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html), "That includes a lot more than hacking and startups", and I'd say it also includes a lot more than "tech and academia". This is important. More relevant links: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html