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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| The site was created by ] in February 2007. Initially it was called Startup News or occasionally News.YC. |
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 | ||
| | title = Startup News Becomes Hacker News | | title = Startup News Becomes Hacker News | ||
| | 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>{{cite news | | 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>{{cite news | ||
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| | title = Hacker News News | | title = Hacker News News | ||
| | url = http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html}}</ref> | | url = http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html}}</ref> | ||
| ==User Banning Controversy== | |||
| Hacker News employs the practice of ], in which a user is secretly made invisible to all other users. The hellbanned user can still post comments and submit stories, but other users will not see them without special configuration. ] and the moderators of Hacker News have been criticized for this practice, which has been called , , and , not only because the ban is done in secret, but because the reasons for its use appear to be . Users who are hellbanned receive no warning, and generally have little recourse outside of sending personal email to Paul Graham. Some users say they have had luck with this approach,<ref>{{cite news | |||
| | title = How I Got Unbanned from Hacker News | |||
| | url = http://www.andrewkkirk.com/2012/12/how-unbanned-from-hacker-news/}}</ref> | |||
| while others receive no response at all ("my polite and apologetic emails were never answered," reported one).<ref>{{cite news | |||
| | title = Ask HN: Hellbanning Unacceptable | |||
| | url = https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3477488}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Type of site | News aggregator |
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| 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 sufficient "karma" or points gained when submissions or comments are voted up. 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.
User Banning Controversy
Hacker News employs the practice of Hellbanning, in which a user is secretly made invisible to all other users. The hellbanned user can still post comments and submit stories, but other users will not see them without special configuration. Paul Graham and the moderators of Hacker News have been criticized for this practice, which has been called "cruel", "childish", and "unacceptable", not only because the ban is done in secret, but because the reasons for its use appear to be arbitrary and capricious. Users who are hellbanned receive no warning, and generally have little recourse outside of sending personal email to Paul Graham. Some users say they have had luck with this approach, while others receive no response at all ("my polite and apologetic emails were never answered," reported one).
References
- Graham, Paul. "Hacker News Guidelines". Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- "Startup News Becomes Hacker News".
- "What I've Learned from Hacker News".
- "The Fluff Principle and other thoughts on community".
- "Hacker News News".
- "How I Got Unbanned from Hacker News".
- "Ask HN: Hellbanning Unacceptable".
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