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I often find primary sources of news more interesting than analysis that mostly summarizes widely-known facts. Nothing against, say, The Verge -- but their arti

I often find primary sources of news more interesting than analysis that mostly summarizes widely-known facts. Nothing against, say, The Verge -- but their article about this will probably just summarize things folks here already know about the program. I also don't think, for example, linking here is a better experience for HN: https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-irs-easy-filing/ https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-irs-easy-filing/ or the right wing version: https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/elon-musk-claims-far-left-tech-team-that-helped-build-elizabeth-warrens-tax-website-has-been-deleted/ https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/elon-musk-claims-far-l... And with traditional news outlets, sometimes they make it impossible to find the actual primary source because they refuse to hyperlink things (though the Verge is good about that). Then again, if the entire front page were X links, I'd find that less interesting than more thoughtful, longer analysis. So I agree and disagree.

PaulHoule 2y ago
My take is that POSSE [1] is the way to go. (Though I really should get back to blogging to prove my commitment) Big F Federation in the Fediverse is less important in my mind than the small-f federation that I see something cool on Mastodon I should be able to link to it from Bluesky or Threads or whatever. The notifications and all that are just the cherry on top. The principled reason to "never link to X" is that X will suppress your visibility if you link out of X. If X punishes you from linking to an HN discussion I think HN shouldn't be linking back to X. The same holds true for Facebook, Threads and Instagram, though it is unusual for someone to get the idea that the HN audience would care about any content on those sites. [1] https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE

PaulHoule 2y ago

My take is that POSSE [1] is the way to go. (Though I really should get back to blogging to prove my commitment) Big F Federation in the Fediverse is less important in my mind than the small-f federation that I see something cool on Mastodon I should be able to link to it from Bluesky or Threads or whatever. The notifications and all that are just the cherry on top. The principled reason to "never link to X" is that X will suppress your visibility if you link out of X. If X punishes you from linking to an HN discussion I think HN shouldn't be linking back to X. The same holds true for Facebook, Threads and Instagram, though it is unusual for someone to get the idea that the HN audience would care about any content on those sites. [1] https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE