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Comment by surge | Hacker News Reader

Moodle has been around for a long while, is there something new about it that makes it relevant to post?

"TIL about software X" posts do very well on this site.

That's not the title. It's just Moodle, with zero context. I'm left wondering if there is something on the page the OP wants us to see, like the upcoming conference, some new release, etc.

If its new, usually you put a Show HN: in front of it. If it's new to you, put TIL as you mentioned, nothing at all is just confusing and I feel like I'm missing something.

This is coming from someone who tried out a Moodle server at a college I worked at in 2003-5. I get new people are discovering it, but that's like me posting a link to Debian's homepage, or Apache with no context because it's new to me.

None of the responses have been the OP clarifying their intention, which is who the question was for anyway. What does OP want me to see on their page?

A post with just the name/description of some old software is simply the HN vernacular for "I just found out this existed" (which is the real "news" being shared).

Yeah I've heard about it for at least 10+ years and actually had to install this once for a client ha ha. Wondering why it's trending now.

We tend to forget that many many millions of people are born every year, and there are always people who genuinely get to hear about a well-known thing for the first time every time it's mentioned.

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1053/

While this is true, my hope is always that these kind of posts will spark meaningful discussion or be relevant to the current tech meta / zeitgeist.

This thread is 50% "this software is garbage" and 5p% "why was this posted here".

Seems a low hanging fruit for the scythe of moderation to me.

The post itself with no further context about what the OP wants us to see about Moodle, is fodder for moderation.

It's not a new project, so if it's a TIL this is a thing, then post that, if its "Moodle releases x.0" then post that. The focus of the page seems to be mostly on an upcoming conference in Europe, is that what the OP wants us to see? I'm clicking on it wondering if there's something new to see?

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