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I care about this issue a lot, but I don't see why this should be on Hacker News. I like HN because it provides a very different set of news items than other s
by mchusma 14y ago
I care about this issue a lot, but I don't see why this should be on Hacker News. I like HN because it provides a very different set of news items than other sites, with particular focuses on startups, technology, and science. I get the argument that "this affects everyone, including startups", but if too much of this hits the homepage than we will loose access to the stories that set HN apart.
- wmeredith 14y agoGo to the new page, upvote stories you think should be on HN.
- sneak 14y agoYou are optimizing prematurely.
- achille 14y agoI agree, and the solution is simple: upvote all other stories that fit your desired HN content and leave this story unvoted. There was a paper a while back that explained how with the current algorithms, upvoting neighboring stories has largely the same effect as downvoting.
- aristidb 14y agoCivil liberties is another topic that HN cares about.
- betterunix 14y agoWell, right now, this is the only political story I see on the front page. The rest are about startups, technology, the goings-on of well-known websites, etc.
- DanBC 14y agoI agree. Flag the not-fitting stories (if you have flag privileges); upvote the good stories; submit great articles. http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html