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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 arti
by 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 agoMost 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 agoIntellectual 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.