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Bigger problem at hand: too much non-technology related articles are being posted on Hacker News.
by icedog 14y ago
Bigger problem at hand: too much non-technology related articles are being posted on Hacker News.
- zalzane 14y agoI agree. The articles on intellectual property and patent law seem to have paved the way for off-topic political articles.
- mindcrime 14y agoIt's not just "non technology" it's "non technology" AND "non useful startup / business" stuff. To me, those areas, and - most importantly - the intersection of those two areas, are the best part of HN. But articles that veer off into mainstream politics, and some of the vapid "startup lite" entreporn that get posted, seem to be rising in frequency here. Or maybe it's just that my tastes have changed, but it does seem to me that things are already starting to get somewhat watered down. Given that, I think I should have voted "no" on this poll (I voted "maybe" because I wasn't really sure at first).
- DanBC 14y agoI know timing has a lot to do with number of upvotes, but I posted an off-topic[1] article that got 59 votes and over 100 comments (and, thankfully, was heavily flagged); and I posted an on-topic article that got 4 votes and no comments. It's easy to see why bad articles get posted. [1] I was under the influence of Zopiclone!