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by pvg on Sunday February 02, 2025 @03:46PM
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dang's argument IMO more drives to the point that current HN policy/culture is insufficient.
That's the "This time it's different" bit from his comment so I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying this time it's different except even more different?
but the problem here is that there's very little repetition because Elon/DOGE keeps finding new ways to interfere with institutions.
Right but that's not how 'repetition' works in the narrow context of HN. It's a fuzzy repetition, a repetition by reference not by value. If Elon Musk goosesteps 3 times today and 6 times tomorrow, that doesn't mean it makes sense to put 9 Musk goosestepping stories on the front page of HN. There'd be no HN left.
That's the "This time it's different" bit from his comment so I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying this time it's different except even more different?
but the problem here is that there's very little repetition because Elon/DOGE keeps finding new ways to interfere with institutions.
Right but that's not how 'repetition' works in the narrow context of HN. It's a fuzzy repetition, a repetition by reference not by value. If Elon Musk goosesteps 3 times today and 6 times tomorrow, that doesn't mean it makes sense to put 9 Musk goosestepping stories on the front page of HN. There'd be no HN left.