[abrichr]

From the Guidelines [1]:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

[1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[ballard]

http://damninteresting.com started with lots of obscure nonfiction, under-reported stories. Haven't checked it lately.

[oldgirl]

That basically translates to "any off-topic shit that the community and mods will tolerate". Shame on them.

[koenigdavidmj]

This is pg's playground. You can play by his rules, or play elsewhere.

The best way of playing by hos rules is creating content that we would find interesting. It's a lot more fun than whining for everyone.

[moocowduckquack]

It can't be off-topic shit if it is within the topic guidelines set by the site, by definition. You could always go away and run your own site if you think the attitude of the mods and community here are worthy of shame.