So basically absolutely anything that is not internet memes is on the table. I would love it if Hacker News had a section of their site that was targeted specifically to news about programming. Then I could treat reddit as reddit and hacker news could have the programming news I want.

I have been following hacker news for years, and it seems that the subject of the articles has been slowly straying from the topic of programming to more general interest. I don't mean to pick on this article specifically.

In a way, I think making a programming only section was what turned reddit into the non-programming centric site it is now.

If you maintain one view, there is enough pressure on the main page to sustain the programming articles rather than just say "go to the programming section".

franklinho, I think the programmers have been slowly losing the war on popular articles on HN. As HN gains popularity amongst non-programmers, programmers that want actual hacker news will need to look elsewhere. I suppose that is why someone made https://lobste.rs/. BTW, could someone please invite me to lobste.rs?

I wonder if pg has considered revisiting the phrasing here. In some ways I suspect the much broader "anything goes" acceptance of topics has had a spillover effect in lowering the quality of comments as well.