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Why link to an external website instead of the source? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=311049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=311049 This is a post
by latexr 10mo ago
Why link to an external website instead of the source?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=311049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=311049
This is a post of what the Guidelines specifically ask us to not do:
> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#:~:text=Please%20don%27t%20post%20comments%20saying%20that%20HN%20is%20turning%20into%20Reddit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#:~:text=Ple...
- keepamovin 10mo agoThe reason is because the OG is interesting, but the native link hides its content. It is also at an interesting point in time. (the 2008 crash). And I feel this thread likely informed/formed some of HN's moderation ethos and community focus at a time when it was much smaller than today.