Ask YC: Is it time to shut down this site?
Only 7 years ago I was reading about about the Singularity and thinking 'Yeah, maybe in twenty-fifty - things don't change that quickly!' Now, I'm not so sure. I have posted some questions/comments to this site in the last few days which were intentionally naive - and would have be recognised as such by the smarter individuals here. Would have been recognised as such, by most, 2 years ago. Today, I was quite shocked at some of the replies and horrified that one of my Submissions was censored! Things do change more quickly than you can ever imagine!
Ok, today might be a bad day for the censor and the posters, but come on guys... I ask about aliens and the next President of the USA and I get crappy comments that don't even address the original question? Are you a cult or are you shipping cargo? I plan to do the latter.
Basically, news.yc is not a random social news site where anything goes. There is a well-defined area that the users of the site are interested in. Your submissions weren't about that, so there aren't people around that are interested in adding good comments.
Anyway, I've read four or five articles today, and three of them have been you bitching about the site. This is somewhat annoying, and I think everyone would appreciate it if you lurked for a while before submitting anything else. Nobody hates you or wants you to go away -- they just want to keep the site useful, unlike Reddit and Digg. Please try to understand.
People don't always agree with me either, but I like that because it encourages me to write better and think more analytically. Possibly the least popular thing to do is complain.
Actually, I like the 'tone' aspect of your argument. Can I steal it?
you'd certainly get a better response about aliens if you posted it on a niche site dedicated to discussing that topic.
i don't go to KFC and order whoppers
What the feck has KFC got to do with it?