Re:Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?
by senko on Monday May 25, 2009 @08:19AM
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When I see link to TC or CodingHorror (and a few other sites') post, I first read all the comments here on HN.
Even if the story is complete garbage, one can find good insights in the discussion inspired by it; often with enough data so that I don't even need to read the original if I don't think it worthwhile.
With a blanket TC ban, I'd either miss out on a good bits (if I didn't follow TC feed directly), or be more annoyed (if I did follow it and read most of what they post).
So I think the commentary here is much better filter of good vs crap than any ban or automatic filter would do.
Even if the story is complete garbage, one can find good insights in the discussion inspired by it; often with enough data so that I don't even need to read the original if I don't think it worthwhile.
With a blanket TC ban, I'd either miss out on a good bits (if I didn't follow TC feed directly), or be more annoyed (if I did follow it and read most of what they post).
So I think the commentary here is much better filter of good vs crap than any ban or automatic filter would do.