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I think the charges are ridiculous. But I also think Hacker News can do better for content than hosting a link to every change.org petition that comes by, as th

I think the charges are ridiculous. But I also think Hacker News can do better for content than hosting a link to every change.org petition that comes by, as the great majority of change.org petitions are a lot more ridiculous than this petition. And even when the petition urges a sensible position, the petition is almost never the best means to achieve the desired result. From the Hacker News guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." This story has been adequately covered by the TV news and by news outlets all over the world. The petition doesn't add any "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" value to the Hacker News community.

jlgreco 14y ago
I'd normally agree, but I think the vilification of chemistry is a subject of interest to at least the general "nerd" community. Another example in the same theme: http://science.slashdot.org/story/07/10/31/2256206/anti-terrorism-and-the-death-of-the-chemistry-set http://science.slashdot.org/story/07/10/31/2256206/anti-terr...
JoeKM 14y ago
Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. If an article is on the front page it's because the community wants it on the front page.