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> I expressed a contrarian view (basically questioning why this article is HN material). It was contrarian; not interesting. (I think the article being on HN

• csense 13y ago
  > I think the article being on HN makes it HN material Our culture is what we collectively make it, by definition. But I don't want to see the frontpage filled with articles about suicide, depression, and celebrity gossip -- that's not what I'm looking to read when I get on HN! And I assumed that others felt as I did, so seeing this upvoted to #2 on the frontpage, I was a bit shocked that my assumptions had been violated. It's fine if we occasionally discuss those things when there's some (potentially nebulous) link to HN's core topics -- a blog by a celebrity making a foray into programming, a discussion of suicide after a well-known startup founder takes his/her own life, or the technological underpinnings of an innovative treatment for depression are definitely linked to topics of broad interest to HN. But I didn't really see any link between this article and any of those things. And that's what I meant by "not HN material."
  • eshvk 13y ago
    > But I don't want to see the frontpage filled with articles about suicide, depression, and celebrity gossip -- that's not what I'm looking to read when I get on HN! And I assumed that others felt as I did, so seeing this upvoted to #2 on the frontpage, I was a bit shocked that my assumptions had been violated. So flag it. if others agree with you, they will too. If they don't, maybe it is not really your culture, then? It is just an online forum; there will be others.