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We shouldn't be biased. Techcrunch links are sometimes crap, sometimes good. So completely banning wouldn't do any good. Let's solve it the HN way. Just don't up vote what you don't like. OK, you say, "I don't, but they get votes somehow". That, my friend, is _probably_ because community is polluted.
If so it's been polluted from the beginning, because TC articles have always gotten votes here. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=81
Also see the first time this was asked, including appropriate response from Arrington. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181539
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Real estate is important and for every link to techcrunch, and for that matter, cnn, nytimes, washingtonpost, and all the other mainstream sources there is less room for somethign outside the mainstream and finding that stuff outside the mainstream is why I have liked HN so much in the past. The lack of that kind of watered-down-for-the-masses content is why I found HN so appealing. I would much rather read hacked to…
Agreed, but I actually would rather have 2 links to TechCrunch than one to NYT. At least, TC is about technology and start-ups. Should we ban NYT?
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Note well: "primary source" doesn't mean "first to report". It means "closest to the event".
Indeed, but I think PG's usage was more informal, to include times when TC is a first/exclusive/main source of new startup info. (Otherwise, the situations where TC is truly a 'primary source', in the sense meant by a traditional journalist or historian, are not 'often' but rare.)
Is it mainly new or low karma users voting a particular way on the poll? Also see the first time this was asked, including appropriate response from Arrington. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181539
> (let voters (map !2 ((item 625256) 'votes))
(list (round (avg (map [karma _] voters)))
(round (avg (map [days-since (uvar _ created)] voters)))))
(350 318)
> (let novoters (map !2 ((item 625257) 'votes))
(len (keep [mem _ novoters] (map !2 ((item 625256) 'votes)))))
16Submariners, payperpost, fud, propaganda and astroturfing are plaguing HN lately, even if people don't want to acknowledge that obvious fact. They are like a disease, we better find a cure before it is too late.
Is it mainly new or low karma users voting a particular way on the poll? Also see the first time this was asked, including appropriate response from Arrington. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181539
People who voted to ban TC had an average karma of 350 and accounts 318 days old, and people who voted against it had an average karma of 562 and accounts 367 days old. > (let voters (map !2 ((item 625256) 'votes)) (list (round (avg (map [karma _] voters))) (round (avg (map [days-since (uvar _ created)] voters))))) (350 318) 16 people have so far voted both to ban TC and not to: > (let novoters (map !2 ((item 625257)…
But then I have no idea what language or query that is so I probably misunderstood
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People who voted to ban TC had an average karma of 350 and accounts 318 days old, and people who voted against it had an average karma of 562 and accounts 367 days old. > (let voters (map !2 ((item 625256) 'votes)) (list (round (avg (map [karma _] voters))) (round (avg (map [days-since (uvar _ created)] voters))))) (350 318) 16 people have so far voted both to ban TC and not to: > (let novoters (map !2 ((item 625257)…
Um, I noticed that you the item number you used was 625256 but the URL has 625255 ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=625255 ) But then I have no idea what language or query that is so I probably misunderstood
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Um, I noticed that you the item number you used was 625256 but the URL has 625255 ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=625255 ) But then I have no idea what language or query that is so I probably misunderstood
That's the poll itself, not the poll choices.