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Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?

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Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?

#31

I actually don't read TC. I'd rather have the knowledgeable folk on here upmod a good TC article, then I'll read it. Crowdsourcing my reading :)

I agree, but I'd also like to have the ability to down-vote submissions.

considering that TC employees regularly check news.yc it's plausible to assume they automatically upvote all TC stories.

Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?

#35
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=173581

Great, thanks, but - no.

(a) it doesn't exactly do what I want it to

(b) it's a third party (officially unsupported) extension

(c) GreaseMonkey itself is just too much of a security risk.

PS. I did upmod your post though :)

Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?

#38
Honestly Techcrunch is such a tabloid.

You know when I first started frequenting this board, it was because of links that would challenge my existing understanding of coding and teach me something new, or thought-provoking questions challenging the establishment party-line, such as needing to go to a name-brand college or even going to college in order to be successful.

How is reading about the latest trials and tribulations of Microsoft and Yahoo any different from reading about the latest exploits of Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus? Less gossip more ideas please!

Re: Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?

#40
No. Techcrunch is a good source of technology and startup news. I agree sometime there is too much of fabricated stories and rumor stuff. Nevertheless, techcrunch does an amazing job of introducing new startups. I guess it acts like an advertisement platform for many of the YC startups. As long as we can control the submission on YC through voting, it’s good to submit techcrunch article
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