Ask YC: (&lt; (/ signal noise) too-low)

Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by prakash on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:53AM (#149986)

IMHO, the biggest concern is HN going the reddit way. So here's a stab at trying to fix that:

- If we can get the list of the top 10-50 hostnames (xkcd, etc) posted on reddit, and deny publication of those hostnames on HN, the signal to noise ratio should go up (how much I don't know?)

- Obviously, some good posts would be missed, but it's alright to have a few false positives, since this is a website of aggregated news and not email

What do the folks here think?

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Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by dcurtis on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:25AM (#149993)

I don't usually come to News.YC for the links, I come for the comments on the articles. Your idea would prevent News.YC comments on popular articles, so I disagree.

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Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by prakash on Sunday March 30, 2008 @04:37AM (#149998)

That's a good point.

In which case, how about NOT awarding karma for posting links for those hostnames, and award karma for the comments. what do you think?

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Re:Ask YC: (< (/ signal noise) too-low) by jauco on Sunday March 30, 2008 @05:59AM (#150019)

instead of/besides a fixed top 10 sites, I would add any site that has been on techmeme. If it's been on techmeme everybody here has probably heard of it already.

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