What's with the flurry of non-tech related articles?

1 points by joeldidit 12y ago ↗ HN

I'm not saying the articles aren't relevant (they are), I'm just wondering why they are being voted to the first page. On one hand, I want to stay up-to-date on tech news, but on the other hand I'm one of those people that avoids other news because it just depresses me. And what I keep noticing is that this other news keeps making the front page of what should be a tech/startup news site. What's the reasoning behind this?

I get depressed every time I come here, and everywhere I go these articles just keep "following me around."

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mkr-hn 12y ago ↗

Can you be more specific? I scanned the front page and only see two submissions that would be complicated to justify if HN were strictly about technology.

Piskvorrr 12y ago ↗

I sometimes see spam and astroturfing...in /newest and very briefly, before it's flagged into oblivion and the offending user banned. IMHO the voting system works as designed - keeping such abominations from the front page.

lutusp 12y ago ↗

> What's the reasoning behind this?

Votes? Like in a democracy?

From the HN guidelines: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting."

> I get depressed every time I come here, and everywhere I go these articles just keep "following me around."

So don't read the "depressing" articles. Vote with your mouse.