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Comment by dang

Yes, this was a stupid title (I just edited it), and yes, a lot of Wired posts are fluff and inappropriate for HN. We sometimes penalize sites (without banning them) when they're responsible for too much fluff. But doing so increases the risk of missing any substantial articles.

The last three from wired.com that got significant attention on HN were:

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7590644
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7610452
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7599422
Not the most substantial ever, but not bad.

If anyone wants to throw out some things we might try to address this problem—specifically, the problem of tech press websites that put out substantive pieces but also a stream of dreck—we're interested in addressing this. It's a significant impediment to the quality of HN.

parent dang 12 years ago

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