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Flagged. I don't come here for journalism about "everyday life" - even if 1000 others upvote this, it won't change what HN is about for me: startups, tech life,
by ScottWhigham 11y ago
Flagged. I don't come here for journalism about "everyday life" - even if 1000 others upvote this, it won't change what HN is about for me: startups, tech life, and things that tech folks typically find interesting. It's not that this is completely uninteresting - it's just that it is a run-of-the-mill article/post. There's nothing special about it - the only value it has is that it is topical relative to recent Texas crimes. If this had been submitted without the recent Texas shootings, it would've been flag killed instantly.
As the guidelines say, Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- snissn 11y agoif you replace biker gangs with semi-competitive / collaborate start ups, it's a pretty interesting parable. Companies are happy to have similar companies co-exist as long as they're not "bottom rocker"-ing the exact niche / product in the market, and then it's all out war
- ScottWhigham 11y agoBut couldn't you say that about, say, 1,000 other articles/posts that were also posted on the internet today? My point is that this is not "special" in any way - it's a topic about crime which is, according to the guidelines, off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html