If poor content and dumb newbie votes is grounds for banning, why the heck are t...

thaumaturgy · on Oct 13, 2012

Because nobody's made a big enough issue of those sites yet.

(I wouldn't mind if they weren't on HN, either.)

sentenza · on Oct 13, 2012

Torrentfreak I get, but what's so bad about techdirt?

Their "economics of free" series of articles is the single most useful online resource for dragging creative people into 21st century. You wouldn't believe how many musicians I know that spend their time worrying about selling CDs and getting a record deal... in 2012.

I consider them a valuable information source regarding the marketing and monetarization of zero marginal cost content.

thaumaturgy · on Oct 13, 2012

http://shomi.associatedtechs.com/#top+submissions+from+techd...

Looks like mostly political stuff, or stuff filling the void left behind by Valleywag.

I don't really care much one way or the other though.