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Should news feeds be separated by topic

5 points by jdavid 19y ago

I can not help but notice, that the YC feed is starting to look more like that of digg, or reddit. It would be great if we could add tags to articles so that they could be filtered on the fly by the hacker crowd. I would suggest the raw feed, and then other feed tags might be business news, humor, hacks, edu, questions. I just think it would be nice to get back to the "pure" news feed that was less a mirror of digg and reddit, but more about the inside details, of startups.

brk 19y ago
I sort of agree. I'd like to see just: 1) Pure Startup 2) Everything Else Might be a little bit difficult to differentiate at time, but one of the things I like about this site is that there is not a lot of clutter.
- jkush 19y ago
  Nah. I didn't like it when this site opened up to topics other than startups because I thought we'd get a bunch of crap posts. The vast majority has been quality however, so I don't see any compelling reason to change anything.
- akkartik 19y ago
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827
jgrahamc 19y ago
Implement tags and filter by tag. John.
juanpablo 19y ago
We have topics! 1. Ask YC: ...? 2. This is my startup, feedback please! 3. YC Application 4. Everything Else
run4yourlives 19y ago
How about just going back to the startup news that this site was great at conveying?
- mangodrunk 19y ago
  I find most of the startup news boring. I can only count a few that are good, for example pretty much any essay by PG. I think the addition of "hacker" related articles is great because it adds a lot. Many of the startup articles from before seemed like the "Get Rich Fast" books.
  - run4yourlives 19y ago
    hmm, you have a bit of a point. But seriously, how many of the "hacker" articles that are worth reading aren't already picked up by reddit/digg/slashdot?
    - akkartik 19y ago
      http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827
    - akkartik 19y ago
      The problem isn't completeness but focus. Reddit is larger, so it would pick it up along with a lot more chaff.
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zandorg 19y ago
I think the site might end up getting sold like Reddit, for some ridiculous sum, and then someone will start ANOTHER one about Lisp startups. (that's an attempt at humour :)
- kingnothing 19y ago
  Humor or not, it's quite possible.

5 points by jdavid 19y ago

brk 19y ago

I sort of agree. I'd like to see just: 1) Pure Startup 2) Everything Else Might be a little bit difficult to differentiate at time, but one of the things I like about this site is that there is not a lot of clutter.

jkush 19y ago
Nah. I didn't like it when this site opened up to topics other than startups because I thought we'd get a bunch of crap posts. The vast majority has been quality however, so I don't see any compelling reason to change anything.
akkartik 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827

jgrahamc 19y ago

Implement tags and filter by tag. John.

juanpablo 19y ago

We have topics! 1. Ask YC: ...? 2. This is my startup, feedback please! 3. YC Application 4. Everything Else

run4yourlives 19y ago

How about just going back to the startup news that this site was great at conveying?

mangodrunk 19y ago
I find most of the startup news boring. I can only count a few that are good, for example pretty much any essay by PG. I think the addition of "hacker" related articles is great because it adds a lot. Many of the startup articles from before seemed like the "Get Rich Fast" books.
- run4yourlives 19y ago
  hmm, you have a bit of a point. But seriously, how many of the "hacker" articles that are worth reading aren't already picked up by reddit/digg/slashdot?
  - akkartik 19y ago
    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=71827
  - akkartik 19y ago
    The problem isn't completeness but focus. Reddit is larger, so it would pick it up along with a lot more chaff.
- deleted 19y ago
  [deleted]

zandorg 19y ago

I think the site might end up getting sold like Reddit, for some ridiculous sum, and then someone will start ANOTHER one about Lisp startups. (that's an attempt at humour :)

kingnothing 19y ago
Humor or not, it's quite possible.