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Why is this news now at this moment?
by dquadraat 11y ago
Why is this news now at this moment?
- dang 11y agoThe N in HN doesn't mean news a la CNN. Intellectual interest is the only reason needed to post here. Historical submissions are welcome.
- cgriswald 11y agoI don't read the GP as questioning the worth to HN, but simply asking if the article is a general interest article or if there is some specific reason the article is especially relevant at this moment in time. Yes, it's possible this was simply a "historical submission", but that possibility alone doesn't answer the question. We shouldn't be in such a hurry to protect HN from degenerating into (say) /. that we make assumptions about intent or silence relevant and potentially interesting questions.
- hellbanner 11y agoThis has been discussed previously, 4 months & 2 years ago. Wouldn't it make sense to group re-posts automatically into the prior discussion so users can track comments? https://hn.algolia.com/?query=https:%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWow!_signal&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=https:%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2...
- dang 11y agoI don't see any previous discussion there. We only bury posts as dupes if the story has had significant attention in the last year or so. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html We merge threads when two or more are active at the same time, but not when one is months old or more.
- hellbanner 11y agoOk, with the lack of comments that makes sense. Thanks.
- robodale 11y agoI agree. Someone here said HN is like a gym. Sometimes people chit-chat, some show off, some 'talk shop', some quietly just do their thing.
- idlewords 11y agoWelcome to Sunday afternoon on a holiday weekend