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Short opinion piece, no new information. Just someone ranting.
by generalizations 2y ago
Short opinion piece, no new information. Just someone ranting.
- dang 2y agoYes, when there's a MOT (major ongoing topic) [1], especially a MegaMOT like this one, we try to have the frontpage threads be about significant new information (SNI) [2], rather than opinion pieces. The latter tend to count as follow-ups [3], and those tend to be bad for HN because they're repetitive [4]. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20major%20ongoing%20topic&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22significant%20new%20information%22%20by%3Adang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... [3] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=follow-up%20downweight&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [4] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- generalizations 2y agoThanks for everything you do here, dang.