They do seem a bit pointless, especially when the problem will be self-evident, and verifiable with one Google search. They get even more pointless when they ge

They do seem a bit pointless, especially when the problem will be self-evident, and verifiable with one Google search. They get even more pointless when they get spammed, because nobody checks the feed before posting. It's also fairly off-topic. It's categorically not news, nor is it startup promotion. I don't get the logic either. just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should. I could post what I had for lunch as a thread, but I won't, I understand context. I'm getting fairly angsty about it now, or at least sounding angsty. But it doesn't bother me a lot, I just move on to the next item. I still think it should be kept to a minimum though, after all if we don't keep some semblance of order then HN will just waste away with low quality items and people will move on. Although that might not be a bad thing if a better replacement pops up.