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LWN is hardly blogspam, although I agree they don't add much to the story in this case. I actually tried to submit the techtarget.com link first, but the story

by sciurus 13y ago

LWN is hardly blogspam, although I agree they don't add much to the story in this case. I actually tried to submit the techtarget.com link first, but the story was immediately marked as dead (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5876710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5876710). Perhaps HN considers techtarget to be spammers.

jasonlotito 13y ago
Actually, this does qualify as blogspam in the world of HN. The most likely reason is that the domain (lwn) is well known. The truth is, the definition of blogspam is dependent on the moods and biases of the moderators.
- pasbesoin 13y ago
  lwn has its own (paying) community, and the OP link is speaking to it. Look at its content. Within the first sentence, it clearly links to what it's talking about, saying "Hey, there's some thing here that may interest you." It goes on to cite an excerpt as an example of what interested the lwn poster. I would qualify this more as "conversation" than "spam". Spam would regurgitate the linked content wholesale while probably omitting or burying the link to the original source. I venture that people here on HN are further reacting negatively to the "blogspam" characterization because many of them are well and long familiar with lwn and have a good amount of respect for it, based upon its quality content (much original) as well as its finding a sustainable model while delivering such.
  - jasonlotito 13y ago
    I'm not debating whether lwn is really blogspam or not. However, by HN's moderators standards, it would be classified as blogspam. It offers nothing more of value over their original piece (even if it's narrowing in on a specific subject).
    - pasbesoin 13y ago
      Well, that's a fair point.
Spooky23 13y ago
Techtarget is worse than a spammer. They are a virus... you sign up for some whitepaper, and they add your to a gaggle of different lists. Almost as bad as Computerworld.

by sciurus 13y ago

jasonlotito 13y ago

Actually, this does qualify as blogspam in the world of HN. The most likely reason is that the domain (lwn) is well known. The truth is, the definition of blogspam is dependent on the moods and biases of the moderators.

pasbesoin 13y ago
lwn has its own (paying) community, and the OP link is speaking to it. Look at its content. Within the first sentence, it clearly links to what it's talking about, saying "Hey, there's some thing here that may interest you." It goes on to cite an excerpt as an example of what interested the lwn poster. I would qualify this more as "conversation" than "spam". Spam would regurgitate the linked content wholesale while probably omitting or burying the link to the original source. I venture that people here on HN are further reacting negatively to the "blogspam" characterization because many of them are well and long familiar with lwn and have a good amount of respect for it, based upon its quality content (much original) as well as its finding a sustainable model while delivering such.
- jasonlotito 13y ago
  I'm not debating whether lwn is really blogspam or not. However, by HN's moderators standards, it would be classified as blogspam. It offers nothing more of value over their original piece (even if it's narrowing in on a specific subject).
  - pasbesoin 13y ago
    Well, that's a fair point.

Spooky23 13y ago

Techtarget is worse than a spammer. They are a virus... you sign up for some whitepaper, and they add your to a gaggle of different lists. Almost as bad as Computerworld.