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Can somebody explain to me why this article was written/posted/upmodded/commented upon/any of the above? Serious question. ED: So...you can't answer the quest

Can somebody explain to me why this article was written/posted/upmodded/commented upon/any of the above? Serious question. ED: So...you can't answer the question, but you can click the down arrow? I always find that strange. I'm really puzzled as to why HN is lately polluted by the 3rd-gen friendster copycat facebook, and this latest post just seems to add that many more layers of derivation, all leading to...? I don't know. What's the point? Serious question, as I said, if that matters.

gaius 17y ago
Elaborate pranks are appealing to hackers.
pyre 17y ago
See also the Cal Tech vs MIT rivalry. That's very hacker-oriented.
kristiandupont 17y ago
You are being downvoted because despite your claim, your question is obviously not serious.
rms 17y ago
This site likes humor that is actually funny. This is actually funny. It's also a prank against Techcrunch, which this community loves to hate. Of course the irony is that it is still pageviews to Techcrunch.
- turtle4 17y ago
  Why do we love to hate Techcrunch? I missed the memo, apparently...fill me in.
  - thaumaturgy 17y ago
    There are some positive aspects to Techcrunch: they generally do a good job of keeping tabs on a vast field, and Crunchbase is an impressive and useful effort. But, their particular brand of "pretendo journalism" rubs a lot of people the wrong way when they publish news without doing basic fact checking, and they tend to publish a little too much gossip and rumor. Take Business Week and mate it with the Enquirer, add some "web-2.0"ness, and you've got TechCrunch. I can't speak for anyone else, but I do not love their Enquirer bits.
blhack 17y ago
A lot of people seem to miss the point of social news. Hackernews is not a place where "people vote on stories they think that mynameishere will like", it is a place where people vote on stories that they like. The idea is that it is a group of like-minded people, and most of them probably have similar interests. If you want a website with moderators, possibly try fark.

gaius 17y ago

Elaborate pranks are appealing to hackers.

pyre 17y ago

See also the Cal Tech vs MIT rivalry. That's very hacker-oriented.

kristiandupont 17y ago

You are being downvoted because despite your claim, your question is obviously not serious.

rms 17y ago

This site likes humor that is actually funny. This is actually funny. It's also a prank against Techcrunch, which this community loves to hate. Of course the irony is that it is still pageviews to Techcrunch.

turtle4 17y ago
Why do we love to hate Techcrunch? I missed the memo, apparently...fill me in.
- thaumaturgy 17y ago
  There are some positive aspects to Techcrunch: they generally do a good job of keeping tabs on a vast field, and Crunchbase is an impressive and useful effort. But, their particular brand of "pretendo journalism" rubs a lot of people the wrong way when they publish news without doing basic fact checking, and they tend to publish a little too much gossip and rumor. Take Business Week and mate it with the Enquirer, add some "web-2.0"ness, and you've got TechCrunch. I can't speak for anyone else, but I do not love their Enquirer bits.

blhack 17y ago

A lot of people seem to miss the point of social news. Hackernews is not a place where "people vote on stories they think that mynameishere will like", it is a place where people vote on stories that they like. The idea is that it is a group of like-minded people, and most of them probably have similar interests. If you want a website with moderators, possibly try fark.