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Because the gravitational centre of HN politics has shifted massively. Look at the news sites that make it to the front page of hacker news. As of writing ther

Because the gravitational centre of HN politics has shifted massively. Look at the news sites that make it to the front page of hacker news. As of writing there's: - New York Times - PBS - The Guardian Do you expect the people that upvote these things to be sympathetic to libertarianism?

pas 3y ago
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dredmorbius 3y ago
Here's the 20 top sites from 2008 in the HN front-page archive: 2008: Distinct sites: 3458 Site Stories Points ( mean ) Comments ( mean ) ------------------------------ ------- ------ ---------- -------- ---------- n/a 1304 33699 ( 25.82 ) 44937 ( 34.43 ) techcrunch.com 440 12437 ( 28.20 ) 6954 ( 15.77 ) nytimes.com 333 7457 ( 22.33 ) 4817 ( 14.42 ) wired.com 124 3166 ( 25.33 ) 1818 ( 14.54 ) readwriteweb.com 103 1794 ( 17.25 ) 889 ( 8.55 ) 37signals.com 101 3794 ( 37.20 ) 2079 ( 20.38 ) economist.com 82 1686 ( 20.31 ) 858 ( 10.34 ) wsj.com 76 2329 ( 30.25 ) 2047 ( 26.58 ) alleyinsider.com 75 1597 ( 21.01 ) 980 ( 12.89 ) arstechnica.com 74 1602 ( 21.36 ) 672 ( 8.96 ) codinghorror.com 68 2284 ( 33.10 ) 1578 ( 22.87 ) cnn.com 64 1620 ( 24.92 ) 1249 ( 19.22 ) gigaom.com 58 1147 ( 19.44 ) 562 ( 9.53 ) sethgodin.typepad.com 57 1548 ( 26.69 ) 841 ( 14.50 ) youtube.com 57 1915 ( 33.02 ) 760 ( 13.10 ) guardian.co.uk 53 1410 ( 26.11 ) 914 ( 16.93 ) businessweek.com 52 1248 ( 23.55 ) 809 ( 15.26 ) cnet.com 52 1108 ( 20.91 ) 630 ( 11.89 ) bbc.co.uk 49 1059 ( 21.18 ) 757 ( 15.14 ) yahoo.com 47 1070 ( 22.29 ) 880 ( 18.33 ) mattmaroon.com 45 1762 ( 38.30 ) 1880 ( 40.87 ) The only one from your list that's missing would be PBS (ranked 93 for 2008). By 2010 you could add theatlantic.com (#11) and npr.org (#23). Source: own research based on the HN front-page archive.
MisterBastahrd 3y ago
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pas 3y ago

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dredmorbius 3y ago

Here's the 20 top sites from 2008 in the HN front-page archive: 2008: Distinct sites: 3458 Site Stories Points ( mean ) Comments ( mean ) ------------------------------ ------- ------ ---------- -------- ---------- n/a 1304 33699 ( 25.82 ) 44937 ( 34.43 ) techcrunch.com 440 12437 ( 28.20 ) 6954 ( 15.77 ) nytimes.com 333 7457 ( 22.33 ) 4817 ( 14.42 ) wired.com 124 3166 ( 25.33 ) 1818 ( 14.54 ) readwriteweb.com 103 1794 ( 17.25 ) 889 ( 8.55 ) 37signals.com 101 3794 ( 37.20 ) 2079 ( 20.38 ) economist.com 82 1686 ( 20.31 ) 858 ( 10.34 ) wsj.com 76 2329 ( 30.25 ) 2047 ( 26.58 ) alleyinsider.com 75 1597 ( 21.01 ) 980 ( 12.89 ) arstechnica.com 74 1602 ( 21.36 ) 672 ( 8.96 ) codinghorror.com 68 2284 ( 33.10 ) 1578 ( 22.87 ) cnn.com 64 1620 ( 24.92 ) 1249 ( 19.22 ) gigaom.com 58 1147 ( 19.44 ) 562 ( 9.53 ) sethgodin.typepad.com 57 1548 ( 26.69 ) 841 ( 14.50 ) youtube.com 57 1915 ( 33.02 ) 760 ( 13.10 ) guardian.co.uk 53 1410 ( 26.11 ) 914 ( 16.93 ) businessweek.com 52 1248 ( 23.55 ) 809 ( 15.26 ) cnet.com 52 1108 ( 20.91 ) 630 ( 11.89 ) bbc.co.uk 49 1059 ( 21.18 ) 757 ( 15.14 ) yahoo.com 47 1070 ( 22.29 ) 880 ( 18.33 ) mattmaroon.com 45 1762 ( 38.30 ) 1880 ( 40.87 ) The only one from your list that's missing would be PBS (ranked 93 for 2008). By 2010 you could add theatlantic.com (#11) and npr.org (#23). Source: own research based on the HN front-page archive.

MisterBastahrd 3y ago

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