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This seems wrong to me, and I hope it gets resolved. But why is this on HN and near the top of the main page? Definitely off topic.
by andyjohnson0 14y ago
This seems wrong to me, and I hope it gets resolved. But why is this on HN and near the top of the main page? Definitely off topic.
- phaylon 14y agoBecause it interests people, so they vote it up?
- eevilspock 14y agoPlease don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- andyjohnson0 14y agoThanks for correcting me. I wrongly thought that flagging was for genuine spam.
- kristianc 14y agoOn-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- andyjohnson0 14y agoI'm aware of that guideline. How does a minor dispute between two companies gratify one's intellectual curiosity?
- nicholassmith 14y agoWell we get a lot of posts about copyright, client work and so on so it does seem to fit.
- iambrakes 14y agoIn regards to the "off topic" comment, I would submit that this sort of thing happens all the time in the startup community with ideas, design, code, etc. It's interesting to see how it plays out and how both parties handle it.