In the opinion of Hacker News participants who came before me and who educated me on this point, "perfectly fine resource" appears to be an exaggeration, at lea

In the opinion of Hacker News participants who came before me and who educated me on this point, "perfectly fine resource" appears to be an exaggeration, at least. Wasn't PhysOrg banned entirely as a source on Reddit for a while? (Perhaps that has changed; I don't know.) I learned from other participants here on HN that there are better sites to submit from. Comments about PhysOrg: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3077869 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3077869 "Yes Physorg definitely has some of the worst articles on the internet." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3149824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3149824 "I viscerally distrust anything from physorg.com. Anyone have a better option?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3198249 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3198249 "Straight from the European Space Agency, cutting out the physorg blogspam: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1116/ http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1116/ (press release), http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1116a/ http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1116a/ (video), http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/releases/science_papers/heic1116.pdf http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/releases/scien... (paper). "PhysOrg: just say no." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3611888 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3611888 "The physorg article summary is wrong, I think." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108857 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108857 "Phys.org is vacuous and often flat wrong." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4890900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4890900 "And note that the gravity lamp was announced on physorg.com, famous for how wrong it is about science topics." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5106145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5106145 "I try and debunk/explain [shady] biological science news wherever possible here. In fact, it's typically my only contribution, but one I feel is highly important. "Your perpetual (and totally correct) crusade against PhysOrg reminds me there are others doing the same, and for that I thank you." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5276327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5276327 "Physorg? Ugh. "Didn't even bother click, came here to read comments instead. "Can HN please ban Physorg like everyone else?"