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For a real answer, if something being posted to HN only requires it be relevant to someone and be interesting, doesn't that mean that anything is allowed? There
by metalcrow 8mo ago
For a real answer, if something being posted to HN only requires it be relevant to someone and be interesting, doesn't that mean that anything is allowed? There is currently a conflict between groups of HN users as to what is reasonable to post here and what isn't.
- 1attice 8mo agoThat is how the guidelines read. If practice varies from theory, one must ask who, and what, is being practiced.
- metalcrow 8mo agoWell not exactly. The guidelines are contradictory. They say that "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" is on topic, but "Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports" are off topic. How do you resolve the difference? It's just a cultural decision as to what is allowed and what isn't.
- roryirvine 8mo agoDiscussions about visas and immigration have been a core HN feature for the past decade: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts
- 1attice 8mo ago"Just" is doing a lot of work in that problem restatement. It's not a word typically found in front of the phrase "cultural decision", although I commend the baldness of your ideological commitments.