Had I written a long article about the good times at early Reddit, young Startup News, or even the newly rebranded HN and written about how we should strive to return to those days, that would be wishful thinking.
Your comment is extremely disrespectful, and I believe erroneous.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics , "There is no academic consensus on the exact definition of "Politics" and what counts as political and what does not. Max Weber defined politics as the struggle for power." I found that definition applicable.
Yeah, it's the politics of a technology company's board of directors... and here it is on a site for people interested in starting technology companies.
What, exactly, is your point? This article is a lot more interesting and relevant to entrepreneurs than the one about hacking the firmware of keyboards that you did not highlight.
I'm sure that's exactly what everyone else on Digg/Reddit would say. Now, why don't you actually take the time to formulate your thoughts on why HN fails to meet your expectations and what could be done about it. Until then, please stop contributing to the problem.
Inclusion of every new post or exclusion of every post from a particular website at user's discretion. Regexp based? Just to prevent the site from effectively becoming an RSS reader.
Groups within a community are generally good ways to meet new people and make connections, but I haven't seen any benefit in Mensa specifically. Go join a *UG or some group oriented toward finishing projects, not self-celebration.
The mainstream media had this idea first, they picked up the story of the New York highschool student who tested Red Snapper in various sushi restaurants and found that it was often Talapia.
That story got repeated in some jurisdictions, now a year or so later someone gets around to doing it with vegan food.
If you really want a "what food is advertised as isn't what it really is" story search youtube for Vegan Marshmallows. (short: some guy was supplying a 'vegan' gelatin substitute to several groups (not just vegans) and when it was tested it had animal products in it and the guy 'disappeared').
Revealing that some companies/restaurants aren't always truthful isn't a new thing. Certainly not only a year old. It's really as old as investigative journalism in general. Dating all the way back to "The Jungle".
Edit: and what you're really saying is that 'mainstream media' just copied the idea too. And from a grassroots-level at that.
