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Why is this hacker news?

• cturner 17y ago
  It's definitely taken a dive recently. There wasn't even enough momentum to bin the kennedy story the other day, and there were people even defending the post! The signal-to-noise ratio is the most important factor of a system like this, and there is zero value in the site if it degenerates into the same gray goo that has consumed everything else.
  • sh1mmer 17y ago
    To point out, as someone always does, hacker news is news that is interesting to hackers. The best hackers tend to have a wide range of interests, including current affairs.
    • run4yourlives 17y ago
      Scope creep on relevant topics + widening and increasing userbase = digg/reddit clone.
    • alex_c 17y ago
      This is neither news, nor current affairs. It is a political trend that has been going on for many years, and is unlikely to change any time soon. What's even less likely is that the discussion here will produce any new insights or solutions. Sure, the story itself or some of the arguments in the comments might be news to SOMEONE, but I'm not convinced that's a good enough justification. This is precisely the kind of conversation - emotional, low barrier of entry, "common sense" outrage, the same points being endlessly echoed - that makes Reddit what it is.
      • davidw 17y ago
        http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=790361 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=790361 Compare the comment ratio here ...
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