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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. Hacker News is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator. Users can submit, vote and comment on content related to computer science and entrepreneurship. Hacker News differs from other social news websites because users cannot downvote unwanted submissions. In contrast, users with more than 500 "karma" points may vote down unhelpful comments.
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.
References
- Graham, Paul. "Hacker News Guidelines". Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- "Startup News Becomes Hacker News".
- ^ Paul Graham. "What I've Learned from Hacker News".
- Paul Graham. "New: Y Combinator Startup News".
- "Hacker News News".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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