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I think it's a simple matter of focus. One could extend your logic and say 'Why don't you get your tech news from NY Times instead of Hacker News, since they ha

by pqdbr 14y ago

I think it's a simple matter of focus. One could extend your logic and say 'Why don't you get your tech news from NY Times instead of Hacker News, since they have a tech section in their website ?'

shaneeb 14y ago
True, but making a NY Times-like website for tech news wouldn't work either. HN works for techies because its clean and simple, and the karma/upvote mechanism keep the content relevant. So there is a difference from NY Times. My question then remains, what is different?
- joshuacc 14y ago
  The advantage is precisely the thing that you excluded, the focus on one technology.