> We vote no. Banning a specific outlet's stories from a news aggregator is a losing idea; it only lowers the value of the index. Sooner or later Valleywag will write something particularly informative or amusing and Hacker News readers will miss out.
The article misses the point entirely: news.yc's value is not in being an index, or aggregator of news items. Its value comes from the intelligent discussion of said items, and in having a smart community of similarly-interested people to bounce ideas off of.
The article misses the point entirely: news.yc's value is not in being an index, or aggregator of news items. Its value comes from the intelligent discussion of said items, and in having a smart community of similarly-interested people to bounce ideas off of.