Ask PG: Shall we ban Techcrunch articles?
I think most users here read Techcrunch frequently. Shall we just ban submissions linked to Techcrunch? We can have room for more interesting stuffs.
I'd rather have the knowledgeable folk on here upmod a good TC article, then I'll read it.
Crowdsourcing my reading :)
As far as excluding TC content goes, while I could live without it, think about the number of AWESOME discussions that would have killed in the past, then ask yourself if that's what you want for the future.
ValleyWag posted a flurry of articles which were counter to YCombinator interests and now ValleyWag articles are automatically posted with the dead attribute. The same scenario could happen with TechCrunch.
You guys have to remember that they are writers, so it's in their nature to write stuff that's interesting and conspiratorial, granted this can come at the price of accuracy, but that's where the community here can filter and chime in.
But inaccuracies of specifics aside, I still think it's a great source.
I count on Hacker News, Reddit, etc. to tell me which ones are worth the read, so I vote no.
You know when I first started frequenting this board, it was because of links that would challenge my existing understanding of coding and teach me something new, or thought-provoking questions challenging the establishment party-line, such as needing to go to a name-brand college or even going to college in order to be successful.
How is reading about the latest trials and tribulations of Microsoft and Yahoo any different from reading about the latest exploits of Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus? Less gossip more ideas please!
(a) it doesn't exactly do what I want it to
(b) it's a third party (officially unsupported) extension
(c) GreaseMonkey itself is just too much of a security risk.
PS. I did upmod your post though :)
(a) What else do you want it to do? I'm bored and willing to add to it.
(b) Is it so mission critical you need official support? I'll gladly sell you a support contract for $100/yr. That will buy you piece of mind that if PG ever changes the html structure of the page, I'll update my GM script accordingly.
(c) Don't install scripts without looking at the source first. I posted mine for all to see.
PS. I'm serious about (a) ... I'll gladly work on it for fun.
Kind of unrelated request:
Can you write a GM script that displays a red envelope like in Reddit, if someone replies to any of my comments?
Thanks for the blacklist btw. Very useful. And your cross site GET via image request is interesting. How about multiple requests when the data doesn't fit (with an end-of-requests marker)
If TechCrunch isn't banned, please mod the system so that links to TechCrunch start out with a negative point value and can be modded up.
The comments here are also good.
It might be that most read TC, and it might also be true that most read it through here.
In the words of a famous kitten: DO NOT WANT.
Good thing I don't frequent this site =)
I learned from a friend before that most law school students may take an oath in not telling a lie due to their special status in society. I hope Mike is not really taking this one seriously.
My deep apology to PG.
Too much noise to read TC directly. I prefer to see the noteworthy posts show up here.
3 or 4 should be about right
I don't read TC that often (or at all, really), so I get use out of having the better articles posted here.
techcrunch != valleywag
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Just sayin'.
edit: they keep upvoting it. i feel like gail wynand.