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I flagged it because I have no idea, and the linked to article gives no context (Foucault who?) and apparently has nothing to do with the topics usually on HN.

carlob 12y ago
It seems a bit pretentious to flag something because you haven't heard of him. There is a bunch of stuff on HN daily that I don't know about, and often the article doesn't provide much context. However, I usually hit wikipedia and try to learn more rather than hitting flag.
- jlarocco 12y ago
  Most of the time that's how I feel about it, too. I'd never flag an article about some framework or technology I had never heard of. But in this case I'm not seeing the connection to technology or startups or general interest; it just seems off topic. I'm sure it's a great article, I'm just not sure it belongs on HN, so I flagged it.
  - dang 12y ago
    Intellectual diversity is the founding principle of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html Not everything on the front page excites everyone's curiosity, but it doesn't need to. Avoiding monoculture is the main thing. This is good for technical work too.
jackmaney 12y ago
Agreed (and upvoted). After skimming through the article, I immediately came back and flagged it. Go ahead and downvote as much as you want, but this belongs on some humanities blog, not on HN.
- SamReidHughes 12y ago
  Not according to the site's guidelines.
  - jlarocco 12y ago
    Fair enough. "Anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is vague enough that it can defend almost anything, though. On the other hand, I suppose lack of up votes will filter out articles targeting too small of a niche audience. Unflagged!
- Daishiman 12y ago
  Welcome to three years ago. Seriously, who thinks that humanities topics are outside of the discussion of HN? This is a guy that's talking about how power transmits through societies. Do you think that's irrelevant when looking at who's funding companies? What different VCs project about their vision of the world when putting money down? What different business models project to the outside world? Let's cut this crap of the hacker as an apolitical being. It's Hacker News, not tech/Unix/cracker News.

carlob 12y ago

It seems a bit pretentious to flag something because you haven't heard of him. There is a bunch of stuff on HN daily that I don't know about, and often the article doesn't provide much context. However, I usually hit wikipedia and try to learn more rather than hitting flag.

jlarocco 12y ago
Most of the time that's how I feel about it, too. I'd never flag an article about some framework or technology I had never heard of. But in this case I'm not seeing the connection to technology or startups or general interest; it just seems off topic. I'm sure it's a great article, I'm just not sure it belongs on HN, so I flagged it.
- dang 12y ago
  Intellectual diversity is the founding principle of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html Not everything on the front page excites everyone's curiosity, but it doesn't need to. Avoiding monoculture is the main thing. This is good for technical work too.

jackmaney 12y ago

Agreed (and upvoted). After skimming through the article, I immediately came back and flagged it. Go ahead and downvote as much as you want, but this belongs on some humanities blog, not on HN.

SamReidHughes 12y ago
Not according to the site's guidelines.
- jlarocco 12y ago
  Fair enough. "Anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is vague enough that it can defend almost anything, though. On the other hand, I suppose lack of up votes will filter out articles targeting too small of a niche audience. Unflagged!
Daishiman 12y ago
Welcome to three years ago. Seriously, who thinks that humanities topics are outside of the discussion of HN? This is a guy that's talking about how power transmits through societies. Do you think that's irrelevant when looking at who's funding companies? What different VCs project about their vision of the world when putting money down? What different business models project to the outside world? Let's cut this crap of the hacker as an apolitical being. It's Hacker News, not tech/Unix/cracker News.