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Ok, I'll grant you that it's not strictly in the guidelines of the site here, but... I found it funny. Hackers are people too, and not everything needs to read
by tialys 18y ago
Ok, I'll grant you that it's not strictly in the guidelines of the site here, but... I found it funny. Hackers are people too, and not everything needs to read like a textbook. We should certainly discourage these sorts of posts, but I think that it's not a real crisis if this sort of article gets through every now and then. There is a reason that HN has voting, and it's this exactly. The people found it interesting, and they voted it up. Oh well. To be honest, posts like this seem like more of a distraction to me. Do we really need meta-reminders of the site rules?
- jon_dahl 18y agoActually, I have more trouble with the non-humorous X vs. Y articles. At least this one tried to be funny (successfully or unsuccessfully). Worse are the myriad posts that say "Here is why my technology is good and yours is bad." Unfortunately, even humor doesn't play well on the internet when it is seen as criticism. "5 joking reasons why your technology sucks" brings the trolls out in full force.
- teej 18y agoI feel like this meta-reminder was warranted. This article in particular was submitted, voted to the front page, deleted, re-submitted, and hit the front page again in an hour or two. Besides, all it takes is 2 votes to hit the front page, and that certainly does not indicate community interest. That's where the mods and members are expected to come in and set the tone.