I'm still surprised HN hasn't banned TechCrunch stories. When they do have a good story, usually somebody else has the story as well. And TechCrunch attracts a lot of spam.
kind bit pain, but it works for me
assuming the system isn't getting "played",aren't the articles that members deem interesting supposed rise to the top? So why a ban ?
(if this discussion has already been had elsewhere,please point me to it)
that sounds critical, but it's not. i agree completely with his decision. if this site were run as a democracy, it would eventually devolve into uselessness, as has every other site before it.
The problem with democracy is that it is incredibly open to the possibility of quality and focus loss. Hacker News fixes those problems. And I'd argue that losing TechCrunch might be a good move.