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Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by progLiker »

noonespecial wrote: post #4

I'm gonna go with ban but not categorically. I'd guess most of us have TC in our RSS feeds. We don't need reposts to HN for every new blurb that comes along. Rarely there is an interesting tidbit that merits discussion here. Rarely. We don't really need to use HN as an aggregator. That said, the voting system does a decent job of keeping excessive TC off the front page. Lets just agree to think about the kind of disc…

I'm reading it in an rss reader, and likes it, it's tech porn. I can live with banning, but I hope for the sake of the readers here that banning be overruled when they come up with some really interesting stuff, which may happen. That makes me a voter for moderation of TC, but against rigid banning.

Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by joecode »

quellhorst wrote: post #71
Hexstream wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC PG doesn't want to implement that because the quality of the front-page would presumably diminish if people could selectively ignore sources of low quality for themselves.

How do you explain not being about to down-vote submissions?

You know, it occurred to me if you're committed, you could just vote up all the other stories. Same effect.

There's flagging, too, of course.

Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by dreamz »

bakineggs wrote: post #5

You could do what I do and just not click on any link to a TechCrunch article.

AND/OR - if you think its a biased reporting then you may also comment about it everywhere (HN, Techcrunch, etc.) - though you may have to provide more details about why you think its a biased reporting, this way you'll gain creditability and put techcrunch on their toes about their own prestige and reputation ...

Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by [deleted] »

vitriolize wrote: post #56

No one seems to be commenting about the fact you can vote for both which I just did. Call me undecided. TC sucks, but banning sites kinda goes against the whole free speech, freedom of information thing. I'd support built-in content filters on an opt-in basis. That sounds like a good idea.

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Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by chanux »

vitriolize wrote: post #56

No one seems to be commenting about the fact you can vote for both which I just did. Call me undecided. TC sucks, but banning sites kinda goes against the whole free speech, freedom of information thing. I'd support built-in content filters on an opt-in basis. That sounds like a good idea.

Oops.. I think I just voted twice for no & once for yes.

Re: Poll: Should we ban TechCrunch?

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Post by axod »

samson wrote: post #58
axod wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lets go the whole hog and ban comments suggesting we ban polls about banning TechCrunch.

axod, I'm starting to think you've got a vendetta against TechCrunch. Did they give your startup a bad review?

samson, As we all know, if your startup plan relies on getting a review on TC, you're going to fail.

Some people are living in a bubble, so they think a review on TC matters.

My gripe with TC is that lately, most of their articles have been based on "anonymous sources" or gossip. Having said that, I don't really mind too much either way if they're banned or not. I'd much rather they started reporting unbiased facts and news.

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