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Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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Re: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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We're screwed now... techcrunch isn't exactly known for its overly insightful comments. Welcome digg-like users!

The arrival of less insightful people is inevitable. The goal should be presenting the site such that they matter less or don't bother coming.

Re: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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> Why? Because it’s focused mostly on startup and hacking news, which is what we cover. It’s one of the best places to find information on startups we haven’t heard about yet. And, better, the community is jerk-free. Comments are mostly helpful, thoughtful and interesting.

Hopefully the TC coverage doesn't change this ...

Re: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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We're screwed now... techcrunch isn't exactly known for its overly insightful comments. Welcome digg-like users!

The arrival of less insightful people is inevitable. The goal should be presenting the site such that they matter less or don't bother coming.

Maybe there should be some kind of validation before you can start posting and taking part in the discussions.

A smart way of doing this would be to let potential new users write a bit about themselves, and let existing users vote on whether or not they should be allowed to post based on their introduction of themselves.

Another way would be to let new users have a quota of comments that could be raised if the initial comments were voted up.

Re: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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We're screwed now... techcrunch isn't exactly known for its overly insightful comments. Welcome digg-like users!

If there is an influx, the lack of fluff will scare them away for quite a while.

It was over about a 12 month period of time that reddit went from being occasionally political to being totally dominated by Ron Paul/Obama fanatics. Rome wasn't destroyed in a day.

Re: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Morning

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We're screwed now... techcrunch isn't exactly known for its overly insightful comments. Welcome digg-like users!

The arrival of less insightful people is inevitable. The goal should be presenting the site such that they matter less or don't bother coming.

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