Sad that this was deck was leaked on ValleyWag on Monday, but because Gawker is blacklisted from HN, it didn't make the front page until a crappy re-blog from BusinessInsider came out.
I think HN is way too aggressive in banning domains (or at least not transparent enough about which are banned and why).
Because Buzzfeed is (apparently) banned, the link was autokilled as soon as I hit submit.
I really don't mind that HN is curated--that's part of what makes it so good. But the lack of transparency seems almost like they are saying "Don't worry, just trust us, we know what's best for you."
I think HN is way too aggressive in banning domains (or at least not transparent enough about which are banned and why).
For instance, I submitted this really interesting piece today on Buzzfeed's FWD tech vertical: http://www.buzzfeed.com/joshmiller/fwdus-breaks-its-first-pr...
Because Buzzfeed is (apparently) banned, the link was autokilled as soon as I hit submit.
I really don't mind that HN is curated--that's part of what makes it so good. But the lack of transparency seems almost like they are saying "Don't worry, just trust us, we know what's best for you."