4 ms·
The Guidelines[1] say it better than I can. “If your account is less than a year old, please don’t submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It’s
by evincarofautumn 15y ago
The Guidelines[1] say it better than I can.
“If your account is less than a year old, please don’t submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It’s a common semi-noob illusion.)”
[1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- philwelch 15y agoMy account is more than a year old, and after viewing the submitted link I have to agree with his assessment. Frankly, those guidelines were written years before HN actually did turn into Reddit. In any case, in lieu of casca's seniority, please accept mine as a waiver for that particular anachronistic guideline.
- evincarofautumn 15y agoThat’s fair. Still, I don’t think the occasional low-quality link means HN is transmogrifying into Reddit, or otherwise declining.
- philwelch 15y agoA year or two ago, this would have been flagged to death by now.
- joshmlewis 15y agoReddit is..Reddit. I used to think Reddit was dumb and I started going deeper, and quite frankly Reddit scares the shit out of me sometimes. The occasional meme is funny but HN isn't near what Reddit is.
- snitzr 15y agoScary how?
- joshmlewis 15y agoJust some of the deep/dark/scary/nasty stuff that gets thrown around. Haha.