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I didn't actually think the Glancee post was better or more informative. My gripe is that when I read HN I want to read the original source, not the remix. It's
by wyclif 15y ago
I didn't actually think the Glancee post was better or more informative. My gripe is that when I read HN I want to read the original source, not the remix. It's not just TC either-- though I singled them out-- it's also Mashable and PandoDaily. These sites regurgitate the acquihire and acquisition news in order to sell ads.
- Robin_Message 15y agoThey are tabloid newspapers. Repackaging more-or-less widely known facts into articles in order to sell ads has been their business model for decades.
- bmelton 15y agoWell, the point of every news organization is to sell ads. That may or may not disgust you, but doesn't invalidate that some news organizations will add value. To concur with Yuri, I clicked on the article here hoping to figure out what Glancee is, since I'd also never heard of them. Their post tells me nothing, except that they're going to Facebook, and other positive rhetoric. 99 times out of 100, I'd probably be in line to rally behind you to get the original article up above the rehashed news article, but in this particular case, TC added value, to the degree that the original story was no longer useless, and deserves to be the higher rated article.