List Curation Criticism

Comments primarily critique the quality, curation, length, and usefulness of a specific list in the HN post, advocating for tighter curation, commentary, or analysis over mere dumps of links.

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OP HN nthings.html DD paulgraham.com I.e nthings.htm list lists curated bullet exhaustive black hole commentary felt like hole generic

Sample Comments

djfdat • Mar 1, 2024 • View on HN

I don't think the list was meant to be exhaustive.

joshdance • May 28, 2014 • View on HN

Seems like a more tightly curated list would be more valuable.

josephcsible • Aug 31, 2021 • View on HN

That list wasn't meant to be exhaustive.

iopuy • Jun 14, 2018 • View on HN

I like this list, it addresses something most don't.

metalliqaz • May 10, 2022 • View on HN

Lists are good but sometimes lists are not good.

rolandog • Oct 24, 2025 • View on HN

That says more about the list makers.

kulkarnic • Mar 10, 2009 • View on HN

I don't see why the list is deeply interesting. Maybe some analysis on the list would be more valuable than the list itself.

minthd • Jun 9, 2015 • View on HN

The lists we're good idea - but they are mostly lists - not really that curated.

aronpye • Dec 29, 2020 • View on HN

I wish these lists were better curated rather than just a dump of links with no commentary.

minimaxir • Aug 24, 2013 • View on HN

The list isn't intended to be 100% serious.