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How does this submission/question not fit the description of the news guidelines as you posted: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. Th

by zo1 12y ago

How does this submission/question not fit the description of the news guidelines as you posted: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. And seeing as it's gotten 86 points, I'd say there are at least some people that find it interesting.

danielweber 12y ago
It's obviously not the only rule. "What people find interesting" is like a minimum height requirement, not an "anything goes" rule, or else we would be 100% cats. Many communities get taken down by meta-discussion. HN has been very hostile to it in the past, with some good reason, but also to detriment, as the readers and the moderators lose empathy for each other. 'dang comments are doing well to lessen that divide. (FWIW, I think this topic is a good discussion. I didn't upvote but I'm very parsimonious with my story upvotes since I don't have a downvote button.)
DanBC 12y ago
> How does this submission/question not fit the description of the news guidelines as you posted: Because the answer is obviously along the lines of "they were tweaking something and they broke something but now it's fixed".
- zo1 12y ago
  Sure, perhaps to you, or people that have been here longer. However, I had absolutely no idea. I didn't even know that HN was taking paid advertisements for job postings, and putting them "somewhere" on the top.
  - DanBC 12y ago
    These are not paid advertisements. These are ads for YC companies. Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? It's not particularly clar at the moment.
    - zo1 12y ago
      "Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? It's not particularly clar at the moment." That would be great, yes. At the very least, it'd remove speculation and second-hand information.
    - dang 12y ago
      > Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? Sure, we'll do that. Edit: We did that.

by zo1 12y ago

danielweber 12y ago

It's obviously not the only rule. "What people find interesting" is like a minimum height requirement, not an "anything goes" rule, or else we would be 100% cats. Many communities get taken down by meta-discussion. HN has been very hostile to it in the past, with some good reason, but also to detriment, as the readers and the moderators lose empathy for each other. 'dang comments are doing well to lessen that divide. (FWIW, I think this topic is a good discussion. I didn't upvote but I'm very parsimonious with my story upvotes since I don't have a downvote button.)

DanBC 12y ago

> How does this submission/question not fit the description of the news guidelines as you posted: Because the answer is obviously along the lines of "they were tweaking something and they broke something but now it's fixed".

zo1 12y ago
Sure, perhaps to you, or people that have been here longer. However, I had absolutely no idea. I didn't even know that HN was taking paid advertisements for job postings, and putting them "somewhere" on the top.
- DanBC 12y ago
  These are not paid advertisements. These are ads for YC companies. Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? It's not particularly clar at the moment.
  - zo1 12y ago
    "Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? It's not particularly clar at the moment." That would be great, yes. At the very least, it'd remove speculation and second-hand information.
  - dang 12y ago
    > Perhaps the small mention of job advert posts in the faq should be expanded? Sure, we'll do that. Edit: We did that.