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I think a lot of the value of HN is the perspective that the community here applies to stories. While the story itself may not be specifically about startups or

I think a lot of the value of HN is the perspective that the community here applies to stories. While the story itself may not be specifically about startups or hacking, the perspective that people bring to bear is almost always informative and thought-provoking. Something may not be Hacker News, but that something may also turn into a great hacker conversation in the course of a thread. I feel that with HN it's really about the evolving dialogue moreso than the news itself- the news is just a conversation starter.

tlrobinson 18y ago
While I agree with you in general, in this case I don't think there's a whole lot of insight to be had, other than "is this illegal?" or "is this immoral?". A good "standard" for Hacker News material might be "would Hacker News users bring a different/better perspective than the average [relatively intelligent] person?" I don't really see that applying in this case.