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by posharma 1226 days ago
Curious why this is important enough to be on the front page. Even as a techie I don't find this news interesting, at least not HN front-page worthy. (Instead of down voting it would be nice to hear what others think as valid reasons). How does this affect our day-day lives?
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mkaic 1226 days ago
YouTube is one of the largest and most influential tech companies in the world, and wields huge social power. Some of the greatest content on the internet is hosted there, so it makes sense to me that HN readers would find a major change like this of interest. Wojcicki has been in charge of YouTube for a long time now, so hearing that she is stepping down and will be replaced opens up tons of space for speculation about where YouTube could be heading in the near future. Personally, as someone who spends many hours a week using YouTube, I find this article to be absolutely HN-front-page-worthy!
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sokoloff 1226 days ago
A change in leadership of what is almost surely a top 10 online property and something that >98% of HN readers use?

That seems like something that would be of enough interest to make the top-30 stories for a period of time.

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yazzku 1226 days ago
It's not, but there is a large Big Tech fanbase on HN. Posts like these caters mostly to them.
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mkaic 1226 days ago
What "belongs" on the front page of HN is whatever ends up on the front page without being moderated or flagged. At the end of the day, HN is a community and it decides for itself what it wants to see and share with its members! Like the guidelines for submissions say, anything that is intellectually stimulating or interesting to hackers is fair game! Vox populi vox dei :P
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yazzku 1225 days ago
This post was very intellectually stimulating indeed.

This was also posted today, criticizing SV culture. Yet it doesn't even have half the votes. This is also not an exception here, but a trend:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/the-silicon-valley-l...

I guess Susie stepping down the corporate ladder of a shitty company must be more stimulating.

Also, why the downvotes? I didn't know it was illegal to discuss how banal and uninteresting a post is. Clearly posharma and I see it that way. Yet every time this happens, people get downvoted. Why? Can't you just scroll through and move on, or do other people's opinions bother you?

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