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Thank you for the constructive and positive feedback --- breath of fresh air. The politics red flag you raise seems appropriate for a technical site like this
by joccam 15y ago
Thank you for the constructive and positive feedback --- breath of fresh air.
The politics red flag you raise seems appropriate for a technical site like this one (but the topic of the thread was lobbyists and politics). So, daring to defend my comments, they were on-topic for the copyright/lobbyists issue under discussion (and I don't think there really is room for a full disclosure explanation of the comments).
Perhaps I'll have something of value to say on more technical topics, but the anonymous "big brother" introduction was (and frankly still is) a bit chilling, especially considering this site isn't even mass media (AFAIK).
- bdfh42 15y agoCopyright issues might be seen as an "edge case" at HN if it were not for the fact that software is so intimately affected by copyright law. On the "big brother" bit - I think you should understand that HN is not designed specifically to welcome newcomers who are outside the target audience. You are expected to find and read the rules and to work out how everything works - as an instance, there is no "search" facility - you are expected to know how to use Google to search this site. Anyone who is not comfortable with this is probably not that interested or involved in the subject matter. If you are, then please join in and make a contribution. [edit] Just noticed the "Search box at the bottom of the comment page - when did that arrive? See - I am just out of date.
- joccam 15y agoFYI, I'm very likely target audience --- at least, I've been on slashdot.org for years. Is that target audience enough?
- gus_massa 15y agoHNSeach anouncement: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2619736 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2619736 (341 points by pg 275 days ago, 127 comments)