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Why is this on the front page of HN? If anyone needs evidence that the quality here has suffered, this is exhibit 1. "On-Topic: ...anything that gratifies one'
by mdesq 14y ago
Why is this on the front page of HN? If anyone needs evidence that the quality here has suffered, this is exhibit 1.
"On-Topic: ...anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
I don't consider this some interesting new phenomenon and would be surprised if others, when pressed, would really think this was. This is a "weird news, politics" story.
- MartinCron 14y agoI'm conflicted. It's easy to read this as partisan flamebait (because it is) but also brings up the kinds of questions about things like identity, privacy, online community, digital media, real-name policies, and anti-gamer bias that at least a few people care about. News isn't exclusively about what has just happened, it can also be about what has been happening.