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I can tell you that the press sometimes looks at HN for material, anyway. Several years ago I made a comment on HN, and it got seen by someone at the New York
by rossdavidh 1y ago
I can tell you that the press sometimes looks at HN for material, anyway. Several years ago I made a comment on HN, and it got seen by someone at the New York Times who asked me to write an opinion piece based on it: https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/nyt_opinion/ https://www.rosshartshorn.net/stuffrossthinksabout/nyt_opini...
But, "the press" is normally considered to be content generated by people doing that for a living (albeit not necessarily a good one), and most HN contributors do other things for a living.
- alganet 1y agoI understand where you're basing your description. It's like you're describing it in pieces (sources, writers, etc). Perhaps I should have been more inquisitive. Would you say that HN serves the same social purpose as the press?
- rossdavidh 1y agoThe same social purpose that the press was traditionally expected to serve, yes. Not necessarily the purpose it serves in recent decades.