Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer?

Re:Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer? by fiaz on Monday April 06, 2009 @05:14PM (#549648)

"HN killer" begs the question:

Is PG moving over to TechCrunch?

I'm surprised at how many "experts" STILL equate technology with community...just tells me how many still don't "get it".

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Re:Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer? by tc on Monday April 06, 2009 @06:07PM (#549768)

Please: it 'raises' the question.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=538942

Maybe just in this one lonely forum we can recover and preserve the meaning of the phrase. To beg the question is to make an argument that has a circular dependency.

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Re:Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer? by fiaz on Monday April 06, 2009 @07:53PM (#549925)

Thanks, I didn't know that!

Back to the main point: any "killer" of a community has nothing to do with the underlying technology, but the people behind the community. The only way HN would be killed by TC is if PG were to be the motivating force behind whatever it is that is going on at TC, and at the same time kill HN himself (unlikely).

I would sure as hell welcome whatever TC has to offer as a competitor to HN as this fosters diversity in thinking...and at the same time offer a second place to exercise the proper use of language.

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Re:Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer? by Brushfire on Monday April 06, 2009 @06:22PM (#549791)

I'm surprised at how many "experts" STILL equate technology with community...just tells me how many still don't "get it".

Spot on. The value here is in the members, the ycomb founders, the community, the discussion, and the moderation of new people to enforce culture.

Just comparing this place to techcrunch comments yields dramatic differences.

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Re:Is Michael Arrington building a Digg killer? by vlad on Monday April 06, 2009 @06:14PM (#549775)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=447529

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