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Can someone please tell me why this is worthy of HN front page? He hasn't said anything new at all; almost half of the article quotes and the other half has alr

by Jonanin 14y ago

Can someone please tell me why this is worthy of HN front page? He hasn't said anything new at all; almost half of the article quotes and the other half has already been iterated countless times in the press release thread. Gruber really isn't adding anything to the discussion, so why do we need him to parse it again for us?

danilocampos 14y ago
> Can someone please tell me why this is worthy of HN front page? Sure! I'd be happy to. The way Hacker News works is, people submit content. If people like the content, they vote it up. Sufficiently high-voted content reaches the front page. 55 people have voted this up at the time of this comment, feeling the content was worth their attention. Given the recency of the content relative to the votes it has received, it occupies the position you see on the front page. Is there anything else I can help with?
- Steko 14y ago
  Crying that something is on HN should really be a bannable offense. I have a feeling these are the same people who are constantly trying to delete relatively popular wikipedia articles over "notability concerns".
- skeletonjelly 14y ago
  Deferring this all to user voting doesn't make it more relevant though. Just look at the frontpage of reddit.
- cooldeal 14y ago
  And a similar set of people flag down Paul Thurrotts's http://winsupersite.com http://winsupersite.com so much that it's banned from HN just for being a Microsoft insider. Just because a narrowminded mob does something doesn't make it right.
  - GuiA 14y ago
    No, but no one forces you to be part of the mob.
- recoiledsnake 14y ago
  him: why did people elect Hitler? you: Explaining how votes are tallied. Technically correct but totally useless.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    Reductio Ad Hitlerum - For when you have nothing to go on but a cheap appeal to emotion.
  - danilocampos 14y ago
    Only three deep and already we're on Hitler?
koide 14y ago
Instead of wasting your time reading the article and then complaining, use it in finding a real HN worthy piece on the New section. I know for a fact there are lots of really interesting stuff that goes by unnoticed with 2 or 3 votes. That's pretty much the only thing you can do to improve the situation.

by Jonanin 14y ago

danilocampos 14y ago

> Can someone please tell me why this is worthy of HN front page? Sure! I'd be happy to. The way Hacker News works is, people submit content. If people like the content, they vote it up. Sufficiently high-voted content reaches the front page. 55 people have voted this up at the time of this comment, feeling the content was worth their attention. Given the recency of the content relative to the votes it has received, it occupies the position you see on the front page. Is there anything else I can help with?

Steko 14y ago
Crying that something is on HN should really be a bannable offense. I have a feeling these are the same people who are constantly trying to delete relatively popular wikipedia articles over "notability concerns".
skeletonjelly 14y ago
Deferring this all to user voting doesn't make it more relevant though. Just look at the frontpage of reddit.
cooldeal 14y ago
And a similar set of people flag down Paul Thurrotts's http://winsupersite.com http://winsupersite.com so much that it's banned from HN just for being a Microsoft insider. Just because a narrowminded mob does something doesn't make it right.
- GuiA 14y ago
  No, but no one forces you to be part of the mob.
recoiledsnake 14y ago
him: why did people elect Hitler? you: Explaining how votes are tallied. Technically correct but totally useless.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  Reductio Ad Hitlerum - For when you have nothing to go on but a cheap appeal to emotion.
- danilocampos 14y ago
  Only three deep and already we're on Hitler?

koide 14y ago

Instead of wasting your time reading the article and then complaining, use it in finding a real HN worthy piece on the New section. I know for a fact there are lots of really interesting stuff that goes by unnoticed with 2 or 3 votes. That's pretty much the only thing you can do to improve the situation.