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.