1. If you upvoted all the Erlang articles yesterday, it has something to do with pg. I like Erlang too, but much of what made it to the front page was bullshit.
2. A day's worth of Erlang madness will do nothing for HN other than squash a day's worth of the usual stories. And when a few hundred users mass-upvote a few dozen stories for no other reason than that pg half-joked about it, I'd say that has more Reddit-nature than HN-nature.
The Cult of Paul or the legitimate desire of us old timers to keep this site from turning into just another reddit.
I just up voted all the Erlang articles and it has nothing to with pg.
(I also happen to genuinely like Erlang)
1. If you upvoted all the Erlang articles yesterday, it has something to do with pg. I like Erlang too, but much of what made it to the front page was bullshit.
2. A day's worth of Erlang madness will do nothing for HN other than squash a day's worth of the usual stories. And when a few hundred users mass-upvote a few dozen stories for no other reason than that pg half-joked about it, I'd say that has more Reddit-nature than HN-nature.
Sure it keeps the drive by visitors from staying, but it makes HN useless (unless you _really_ _really_ like Erlang) for the next few days.
There has to be a better way to control the audience than intentionally ruining the content.
First of all, Erlang is something very much worth learning about.
Second, it will only be this way for a short while. As you grow older your attention span will natural grow, don't worry about it kiddo.
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"keep this site from turning into just another reddit"
Why, because reddit has a wide variety of interesting links on its front page instead of a page full of Erlang links?
Then why are you here?
Honestly, if you enjoy reddit, why waste your time here? Reddit is bigger, more diverse and customizable.
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