I've been pretty critical of the content of TechCrunch articles in the past, but I'd never suggest an outright ban on them for any reason (either volume or content). If we really believe in crowd-sourcing, then any issue with any content provider, TechCrunch or otherwise, should correct itself if the collective group thinks that it's becoming a problem. Artificial, arbitrary bans shouldn't be necessary.
Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
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Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#22'Ban' is a very strong word. Maybe there should just be a handicap that rates TC articles 'lower', that way if the article is good it can be rated up, but the ones nobody cares about will trickle down
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#23No, don't ban them. I only read TC articles when they show up here.
The comments here are also good.
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#24Nope. Dont like the idea for the reasons mentioned by others.
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#25I would rather ban TechCrunch inlinks to News.YC. Every mention of News.YC there means an incremental merging of that community into this one, meaning here becomes more like there.
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#26Instead of banning any website, pg can enable down-votes just for posts from websites that are brought up for ban.
A personalized blacklist would be nice. I.e. a submission with a blacklisted URL won't even be visible on my front page unless its score is over a configurable threshold.
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#27Yes, Arrington runs it like a tabloid.
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#28I'm still more interested in having the number of upvotes required to get somthing in the rss be increased, having 1 other person finding something interesting isn't enough.
3 or 4 should be about right
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#29Instead of banning any website, pg can enable down-votes just for posts from websites that are brought up for ban.
A personalized blacklist would be nice. I.e. a submission with a blacklisted URL won't even be visible on my front page unless its score is over a configurable threshold.
This capability is available as a third-party tool:
Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
#30No. Thats a daft suggestion. This site acts as a filter for the more popular techcrunch articles.