# The SDMB made an appearance on Hacker News **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394 "2022-12-31T08:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/1 "2022-12-31T08:11:32Z")
> **[What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188975)** > > 147 points — > 133 comments — > haossr — > 7:32 PM - 30 Dec 2022 At least one commenter figured out how we operate here: > Yep. Hilariously it was literally the first reply, which was promptly ignored by everyone. If @scr4 is wondering why their link now has 1.1k hits… that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/2 "2022-12-31T15:08:52Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Hilariously it was literally the first reply, which was promptly ignored by everyone. Somebody has a pretty clear insight to how this place works. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/3 "2022-12-31T19:38:55Z")
What exactly is “Hacker News”, and how do they work? It looks like someone started a discussion there just by linking to some random 15-year-old thread here. Why are they discussing it there instead of here? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/4 "2022-12-31T19:54:37Z")
It’s just a discussion site in a similar vein to Reddit or (going back further) Slashdot. It’s popular with IT-type people but has diverse content. Often just “I had a question and found this old link that discusses it. Maybe others will find it of interest as well. Discuss.” Probably someone searched for the exact question posed by the OP in the SDMB thread and found the answer there. And who knows, maybe we got a handful of users to stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/5 "2022-12-31T19:57:26Z")
Is it a standing joke here that if someone posts the right answer it gets ignored? I have noticed that people often ignore me, is that because I’m always right? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/6 "2022-12-31T21:08:09Z")
I’m sorry, did you say something? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/7 "2022-12-31T22:24:02Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Somebody has a pretty clear insight to how this place works. Here, we even ignore the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/8 "2022-12-31T22:24:05Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I have noticed that people often ignore me, is that because I’m always right? I’m not sure that follows from the rules of logical implication, but I’ll let it slide. There does seem to be something to the idea that concise and accurate answers are the most likely to be ignored. And that’s not even considering the people that read a thread title and nothing else (even the original post). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-made-an-appearance-on-hacker-news/977394/9 "2023-01-01T00:34:38Z")
In particular, a link-only answer will likely be ignored. You’re expected to at least give a little bit of a summary.