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Why is a mere unfounded speculation not backed up by any facts written to garner pageviews featured on the frontpage?

freehunter 13y ago
Because there are no facts, Apple hasn't said a word. The alternative is that we ignore this. At least with this article (which no one has to read), there's a place for HN Apple devs to talk amongst each other.
- slowdown 13y ago
  >a place for HN Apple devs to talk amongst each other So, you're telling me that I need to go read his article, earn him pageviews and ad money and come back here to discuss about the issue? I think a Ask HN post would have done the job, much better, no? Just saw your edit: >(which no one has to read) wut?
  - freehunter 13y ago
    Edit? No, I wrote that in one try. No one has to read the article, and it seems like a lot of people don't read the article before commenting. The comment box doesn't give you a quiz on the article before letting you comment.
- hrktb 13y ago
  It goes very deep in meta territory, but hey, it's not as if there were any fact intersting to discuss. I remember a lot of discussions a year or two ago when marco was very vocal about the reasons he didn't have comments on his blog, and would prefer to have all of these on HN for e.g. slowdown's comment goes the other way round, on why HN should care about commenting on marco's blog. There is another thread [1] with 138 comments and more quality opinions and speculations than anyone should need, Marco's speculations are also represented in the top comments. Agree or not with he's stance, it's a valid point IMO. I think it's fun to see this kind of reaction on why some contents should be commented or not, and the motivations to push a site or another. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6071233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6071233
  - freehunter 13y ago
    I've been checking on that post since it first came up looking for anything new, but old HN posts get to be hard to read for new stuff pretty quick, especially with no way to collapse a thread. If there was anything new, I'd be hard pressed to actually find it. That thread is quickly sliding down the list and is already off the front page. I don't think a new one is out of the question.
    - shabble 13y ago
      https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037 https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037 A way to navigate to new unread entries would be nice. Sometimes I really wish NNTP wasn't quite so dead.

Because there are no facts, Apple hasn't said a word. The alternative is that we ignore this. At least with this article (which no one has to read), there's a place for HN Apple devs to talk amongst each other.

slowdown 13y ago
>a place for HN Apple devs to talk amongst each other So, you're telling me that I need to go read his article, earn him pageviews and ad money and come back here to discuss about the issue? I think a Ask HN post would have done the job, much better, no? Just saw your edit: >(which no one has to read) wut?
- freehunter 13y ago
  Edit? No, I wrote that in one try. No one has to read the article, and it seems like a lot of people don't read the article before commenting. The comment box doesn't give you a quiz on the article before letting you comment.
hrktb 13y ago
It goes very deep in meta territory, but hey, it's not as if there were any fact intersting to discuss. I remember a lot of discussions a year or two ago when marco was very vocal about the reasons he didn't have comments on his blog, and would prefer to have all of these on HN for e.g. slowdown's comment goes the other way round, on why HN should care about commenting on marco's blog. There is another thread [1] with 138 comments and more quality opinions and speculations than anyone should need, Marco's speculations are also represented in the top comments. Agree or not with he's stance, it's a valid point IMO. I think it's fun to see this kind of reaction on why some contents should be commented or not, and the motivations to push a site or another. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6071233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6071233
- freehunter 13y ago
  I've been checking on that post since it first came up looking for anything new, but old HN posts get to be hard to read for new stuff pretty quick, especially with no way to collapse a thread. If there was anything new, I'd be hard pressed to actually find it. That thread is quickly sliding down the list and is already off the front page. I don't think a new one is out of the question.
  - shabble 13y ago
    https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037 https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037 A way to navigate to new unread entries would be nice. Sometimes I really wish NNTP wasn't quite so dead.