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Yes, if the community around HN loves and has a certain respect to it. I'll ask myself the same question. Is every nonsense comment going to make it to the top

by farslan 14y ago

Yes, if the community around HN loves and has a certain respect to it. I'll ask myself the same question. Is every nonsense comment going to make it to the top of a topic that people care from now on?

diego 14y ago
You think my question is nonsense? How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" Especially if you had been on the site for years, when it was actually about music news? FYI I play several instruments and I love(d) Ravi Shankar. However, this site is Hacker News. There is a limit.
- kamaal 14y ago
  I think if Music Lovers some how find relevance to the way Clojure or Erlang works and have been motivated/influenced by it they definitely would discuss it. Music is a pretty popular topic among programmers. And many programmers/hackers are instrumentalists. So it makes sense for them to discuss. Besides if somebody doesn't like it he can always chose to no up vote the story and not discuss. But if somebody else wants to, why should he have any problems at all?
  - khawkins 14y ago
    This is the sort of slippery slope which deteriorated the culture of Reddit. Here's an example of the front page from 5 years ago: http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/reddit-2007/ http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/reddit-2007/ If the users don't maintain a sense of courtesy and stay on topic, the noise to signal ratio will become intolerable.
    - jspthrowaway2 14y ago
      Reddit is a tough example, because of the plethora of subreddit topic areas. Almost every sub blessed with "default" status (visible logged-out and a default subscription for every new user) suffers extraordinarily due to their significant reach -- which is in line with your point. Example: /r/pics. There is still good content on Reddit if you find the good subs and learn to ignore and not perpetuate the overt sexism and racism that decorate that site like Christmas. (I think those are more to blame for killing Reddit. Internally, I'm calling it 4chanitis.)
    - mnicole 14y ago
      Content isn't killing Reddit, users are. This post is clearly relevant to people based on the upvotes, yet here we are in a thread where someone decided it was more appropriate to condemn the post rather than acknowledge that it exists and people are happy that it does.
- cyborgdino 14y ago
  This site is not strictly about programming, it deals with topics of a larger nature. Altho he might not have created a social media site, Ravi Shankar can be considered a revolutionary that had disrupted society for the better. In addition music can be viewed as a form of math and programming.
- k-mcgrady 14y ago
  'Hacker' doesn't only refer to software developers. It has evolved to mean more than that. HN is a community and if a story makes it to the front page the community obviously wants to see it there and finds it interesting/useful.
- WayneDB 14y ago
  How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" I probably wouldn't be such a cry-baby asshole complainer about it.
  - Killah911 14y ago
    Wow, easy there tiger! Diego has a valid point, and while you may disagree with him, personal insults such as this are futile and very unbecoming of an HNer. Please do keep it civil and understand that HN is an open arena for discussions and dissenting viewpoints, that's what makes it interesting and different.

by farslan 14y ago

diego 14y ago

You think my question is nonsense? How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" Especially if you had been on the site for years, when it was actually about music news? FYI I play several instruments and I love(d) Ravi Shankar. However, this site is Hacker News. There is a limit.

kamaal 14y ago
I think if Music Lovers some how find relevance to the way Clojure or Erlang works and have been motivated/influenced by it they definitely would discuss it. Music is a pretty popular topic among programmers. And many programmers/hackers are instrumentalists. So it makes sense for them to discuss. Besides if somebody doesn't like it he can always chose to no up vote the story and not discuss. But if somebody else wants to, why should he have any problems at all?
- khawkins 14y ago
  This is the sort of slippery slope which deteriorated the culture of Reddit. Here's an example of the front page from 5 years ago: http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/reddit-2007/ http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/reddit-2007/ If the users don't maintain a sense of courtesy and stay on topic, the noise to signal ratio will become intolerable.
  - jspthrowaway2 14y ago
    Reddit is a tough example, because of the plethora of subreddit topic areas. Almost every sub blessed with "default" status (visible logged-out and a default subscription for every new user) suffers extraordinarily due to their significant reach -- which is in line with your point. Example: /r/pics. There is still good content on Reddit if you find the good subs and learn to ignore and not perpetuate the overt sexism and racism that decorate that site like Christmas. (I think those are more to blame for killing Reddit. Internally, I'm calling it 4chanitis.)
  - mnicole 14y ago
    Content isn't killing Reddit, users are. This post is clearly relevant to people based on the upvotes, yet here we are in a thread where someone decided it was more appropriate to condemn the post rather than acknowledge that it exists and people are happy that it does.
cyborgdino 14y ago
This site is not strictly about programming, it deals with topics of a larger nature. Altho he might not have created a social media site, Ravi Shankar can be considered a revolutionary that had disrupted society for the better. In addition music can be viewed as a form of math and programming.
k-mcgrady 14y ago
'Hacker' doesn't only refer to software developers. It has evolved to mean more than that. HN is a community and if a story makes it to the front page the community obviously wants to see it there and finds it interesting/useful.
WayneDB 14y ago
How would you feel if you saw a post about Erlang or Clojure on a site called "Music News?" I probably wouldn't be such a cry-baby asshole complainer about it.
- Killah911 14y ago
  Wow, easy there tiger! Diego has a valid point, and while you may disagree with him, personal insults such as this are futile and very unbecoming of an HNer. Please do keep it civil and understand that HN is an open arena for discussions and dissenting viewpoints, that's what makes it interesting and different.