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Ask YC meetup/marketing on HN

I like a lot of the content on HN, but sometimes I see things like

Looking for Karate studio in SF area

Medical Marijuana in SF area

Party in SF area, etc.

I'm sorry? I thought this was a news site? I think many of us are not in the SF area and don't care. There are sites designed for organizing meetups.

Also don't post things trying to sell your product. If it's not news (site off beta, product stable, new features) and you are just saying look at what I have to sell... that's spam. Pure and simple.

what do people think?

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>I think many of us are not in the SF area and don't care. There are sites designed for organizing meetups.

Startup School is this weekend, so this is the highest density period for meetups of the year. It'll calm down next week.

I can see that. Maybe we should add a meetup area?

As someone who (relatively) frequently says things aren't hacker news, I think the most important distinction is with things that are actively harmful, such as politics, and often economics. They get people into heated discussions about something that isn't really relevant. Off topic things like "SF meetup" are a bit noisy, sure, but if done in moderation don't really hurt anyone.

We've always encouraged people to post about what they're doing, if they're looking for feedback. You should be proud of the work you've done, and not afraid to share it in appropriate situations.

I find a difference between what you are doing, and pushing a product. Asking for opinions is not 'would someone like to buy X'.

Do you have an example of what you feel is inappropriate? I don't think anyone here has much tolerance for outright spam.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=167032

initially that. although it is starting to look more legit (post submit explanations).

But it's got me a bit hot under the collar, about what should and should not be on hacker news.

Hehe... oh that... Yeah, that's come up before. I just ignore rms when he gets going about Kratom, and let PG deal with it, as he alone has the power to nuke stories. rms seems like a bright guy and has contributed a lot to this site, but he does have that peculiarity that comes out now and again.

There are ~30 secret editors, btw.

:) thanks

It is a networking site for hackers/entrepreneurs. Look at it this way and these posts make more sense.

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