Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
by elliottcarlson on Thursday March 01, 2012 @10:42AM
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Every time I see someone ask, "does this belong on HN", I think exactly that. Obviously it was interesting enough for 200+ people, so if it's not interesting to you as an individual then you can move to the next article. It astonishes me how many people seem to think it's <Your Name Here> News instead of Hacker News.
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Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
by davidw on Thursday March 01, 2012 @11:03AM
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That's wrong too though: if I get 1000 people who love professional cycling news to sign up to HN and start upvoting articles about Alberto Contador, that doesn't mean it's on topic.
Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
by alexqgb on Thursday March 01, 2012 @01:00PM
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It's wrong only if you assume that guidelines should pertain to an absurd range of deliberately destructive yet highly implausible scenarios, as opposed actual problems that could regularly occur in their absence.
Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
by davidw on Thursday March 01, 2012 @03:54PM
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My example is contrived, but if you think about things like the TSA, US electoral politics, and that sort of thing, it begins to look much more realistic.
Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
by lotharbot on Thursday March 01, 2012 @01:33PM
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The guidelines do specify a few things that might be interesting enough that they'll get upvoted, but still don't belong here -- "most stories about politics, crime, or sports", for example. Unfortunately, some people vote without reading the guidelines; it's up to the rest of us to use the "flag" option accordingly.