HN has always been a great place to get news not being reported elsewhere - but lately I have noticed lots more submissions from standard media sites (at the moment wsj.com, nytimes.com, npr.org, time.com, theatlantic.com are on the front page). Has there been an increase in mainstream news links on HN?
Ask HN: Glut of Mainstream news on HN?
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#2Obviously, some tech/startup news items get covered by the big media sites, but the number of these - often several covering the same story - don't even meet the qualification of being a primary source.
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#3Also, I think there has been a marked decrease in 'Show HN' articles that make up to the front page. I'm not sure if both are related but if a 'Show HN' article has to compete with the whole world's news, I suppose its possible to fade away without anyone noticing.
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#4From a week after your account was created:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100615085453/http://news.ycombi...
Forbes, Financial Times, New York Times
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#5From a week after your account was created: http://web.archive.org/web/20100615085453/http://news.ycombi... Forbes, Financial Times, New York Times
From right now on the front page: extremetech, time, mashable, nytimes, arstechnica, msdn, theatlantic, wsj
Edit: I feel like I should explicitly state a point here. Between the live front page and the one you linked to the live version has more mainstream media. But it always seems like it's on the decline, whether it is or isn't.
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#6I have the feeling Polls and Ask HN have increased.
But I'm sure as "wheels" pointed out on the mainstream perception, the ratio was the same when I've signed up years ago.
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#7Also, I think there has been a marked decrease in 'Show HN' articles that make up to the front page. I'm not sure if both are related but if a 'Show HN' article has to compete with the whole world's news, I suppose its possible to fade away without anyone noticing.
I wonder if it would be a good idea to give 'Show HN' posts more prominence as they're less likely to have been reported elsewhere?
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#8I actually see a lot of mainstream media picking up items from here as well.
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#9Also, I think there has been a marked decrease in 'Show HN' articles that make up to the front page. I'm not sure if both are related but if a 'Show HN' article has to compete with the whole world's news, I suppose its possible to fade away without anyone noticing.
I wonder if it would be a good idea to give 'Show HN' posts more prominence as they're less likely to have been reported elsewhere?
I remember that this was under discussion a while back - whether to keep a separate tab or not - sadly, it was decided against at that time (though it might not have been needed at the time)..
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#10Mainstream media is ok, mainstream articles are probably not (Google glasses, Instagram for Android etc.).