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Isn't that the change from "Startup News" to "Hacker News" was meant for? To have more news that was off-topic and non-startup to brake up all the same posts?
by transburgh 19y ago
Isn't that the change from "Startup News" to "Hacker News" was meant for? To have more news that was off-topic and non-startup to brake up all the same posts?
- rms 19y agoYes. But there's still a certain aversion to having truly mainstream news on this site. For now, it's not a problem because the mainstream news is pretty rare.
- transburgh 19y agoI will keep the humorous posts to a minimum.
- rms 19y agoThey really don't bother me, I'd encourage you to post whatever you want. It's up to Paul Graham and the editors to fix it if there is a problem.
- ecuzzillo 19y agoThe point was to make it like reddit-of-old, not reddit-of-now. This is nauseatingly reddit-of-now-like.
- rms 19y agoIt also made boingboing (and wasn't even posted by Xeni). It's interesting and funny. It doesn't bother me. You should try not to let it bother you either.
- floam 19y agoReddit-of-old had this stuff. Just in manageable small quantities sprinkled over the smart stuff. As long as it stays close to this ratio, I think it's fine.