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1. nrayna+(OP)[view] [source] 2009-03-01 13:07:38
why not ban techcrunch on the same grounds then ?
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2. evdawg+p[view] [source] 2009-03-01 13:59:15
>>nrayna+(OP)
Because TechCrunch is in bed with YCombinator, of course ;) http://uncov.com/ycombinator-techcrunch-butthappy

(Yes, this is a joke)

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3. fauige+v[view] [source] 2009-03-01 14:08:51
>>nrayna+(OP)
Techcrunch is indeed pretty nasty sometimes, and I have criticised them here before, but it would be utterly ridiculous if hacker news, a news site for startups, banned one of the preeminent startup blogs.

Techcrunch is influential and as such it is relevant for many people here. You can ban a site that is nasty and irrelevant, but you cannot ban a very relevant site just because some articles are odious.

Banning should not be about morals, but rather about usefulness.

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4. blivin+n4[view] [source] [discussion] 2009-03-01 19:33:19
>>fauige+v
Noisy != useful

Moralistic != useful

But your mileage may vary.

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