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Re:Reddit bans The Atlantic, Businessweek, others in major a... by tptacek on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @06:01PM (#4108696)
We'd be worse off without the NYT datavis posts.

The rest, I agree! Pando and TechCrunch in particular.

Don't hold your breath, though. Banning those sites would do a disservice to YC's portfolio; one of the tangible benefits of being in YC is easier access to the trade press. I really don't expect to see 'pg do anything to alienate anybody who could potentially write a useful story about a YC company.

(I'm fine with that as a cost of "not having to run a site like HN myself".)

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Re:Reddit bans The Atlantic, Businessweek, others in major a... by danso on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @06:29PM (#4108812)
Well, I hope the NYT articles (even the non datavis ones) provide a benefit other than normalizing relations between hackers and the general public. If the world needs to be better informed about the affairs of hackers, the hackers also benefit from knowing more about the world.
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