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| '''Hacker News''' is a ] website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to ] and ]. It is run by ]'s investment fund and startup incubator, ], and is different from other social news websites in that there is no option to down vote submissions; submissions can either be voted up or not voted on at all, although spam submissions can be flagged. In contrast, comments can be down voted after a user accumulates 500 "karma" or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up. |
'''Hacker News''' is a ] website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to ] and ]. It is run by ]'s investment fund and startup incubator, ], and is different from other social news websites in that there is no option to down vote submissions; submissions can either be voted up or not voted on at all, although spam submissions can be flagged. In contrast, comments can be down voted after a user accumulates 500 "karma" or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up. | ||
| The site has a notorious passive-aggressive moderation policy incorporating Hellbanning, Slowbanning and Rankbanning.<ref>http://www.quora.com/Hacker-News/Why-arent-any-of-my-comments-ever-being-published</ref> It is not uncommon for Hellbanned users to continue posting to the forums for months without realising that no one else is seeing their submissions. | |||
| In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".<ref>{{cite news | |||
| | first = Paul | | first = Paul | ||
| | last = Graham | | last = Graham | ||
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| Type of site | News aggregator |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Y Combinator |
| Founder(s) | Paul Graham |
| URL | news |
| Registration | Free |
Hacker News is a social news website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator, and is different from other social news websites in that there is no option to down vote submissions; submissions can either be voted up or not voted on at all, although spam submissions can be flagged. In contrast, comments can be down voted after a user accumulates 500 "karma" or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up.
The site has a notorious passive-aggressive moderation policy incorporating Hellbanning, Slowbanning and Rankbanning. It is not uncommon for Hellbanned users to continue posting to the forums for months without realising that no one else is seeing their submissions.
In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".
History
The site was created by Paul Graham in February 2007. Initially it was called Startup News or occasionally News.YC. On August 14, 2007, it became known by its current name. It developed as a project of his company Y Combinator, functioning as a real-world application of the Arc programming language which Graham co-developed.
The intention was to recreate a community similar to the early days of Reddit.
Graham has stated he hopes to avoid the Eternal September that results in the general decline of intelligent discourse within a community.
- 24 Mar 2008: Effects of TechCrunch Article -- There has been some dilution as a result. The stories that get voted up are not quite as good, and the average tone in comment threads is slightly less polite. But this has happened before when there were influxes new of users, and every time so far the effects have worn off as they got used to the culture of the site.
- 8 Dec 2008: Growth -- Growth can't keep going at this rate forever without ruining the site, though. The way to ensure that is to be fairly strict about keeping meretricious stuff
References
- http://www.quora.com/Hacker-News/Why-arent-any-of-my-comments-ever-being-published
- Graham, Paul. "Hacker News Guidelines". Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- "Startup News Becomes Hacker News".
- ^ Paul Graham. "What I've Learned from Hacker News".
- Paul Graham. "New: Y Combinator Startup News".
- "Hacker News News".
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