This reminds me of those threads calling to ban TechCrunch from HN - it just promotes TechCrunch (I have no opinion the issue - it's just an example.) pg doesn

This reminds me of those threads calling to ban TechCrunch from HN - it just promotes TechCrunch (I have no opinion the issue - it's just an example.) pg doesn't talk that much about this, but it's in the guidelines, and I think it's one of his cornerstones of HN. Actually, he does it instead of talking about doing it. I have something to learn from him in this. 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. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html