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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, ]. It 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. |
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'''Hacker News''' is a ] website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to ] and ]. |
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In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".<ref>{{cite news |
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| title = Hacker News Guidelines |
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| url = http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html |
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| accessdate = 2009-04-29 |
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==History== |
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The site was created by ] in February 2007. Initially it was called Startup News or occasionally News.YC. On August 14, 2007, it became known by its current name.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url = http://ycombinator.com/hackernews.html}}</ref> It developed as a project of his company ], functioning as a real-world application of the ] programming language which Graham co-developed.<ref name="PG_WIL">{{Cite web |author=Paul Graham | title = What I've Learned from Hacker News |url = http://paulgraham.com/hackernews.html}}</ref> |
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The intention was to recreate a community similar to the early days of ].<ref name="PG_AYC">{{Cite web|author=Paul Graham|title=New: Y Combinator Startup News | url = http://ycombinator.com/announcingnews.html}}</ref> |
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Graham has stated he hopes to avoid the ] that results in the general decline of intelligent discourse within a community.<ref name="PG_WIL" /><ref>{{cite news |title = Hacker News News |url = http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html |quote=<br/> |
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* '''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. |
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* '''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 off the frontpage. |
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* '''15 Jan 2009: Faster''' -- The growth has affected the character of the site slightly. The number of new accounts being created is about double what it was a month ago, and there has been a slight uptick in comments that are insulting or inane. But we're hoping that, as in past influxes, the new arrivals will with some prodding from the existing inhabitants learn the local customs. |
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==References== |
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