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Re:The FBI's Scientology investigation by mrinterweb on Monday January 14, 2013 @02:25PM (#5056092)
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.

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Re:The FBI's Scientology investigation by franklinho on Monday January 14, 2013 @02:27PM (#5056111)
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".

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Re:The FBI's Scientology investigation by mrinterweb on Monday January 14, 2013 @02:33PM (#5056141)
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?
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