Comments on: OiNK Arrests

By: norm

norm — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0000

witnessing the deterioration of an online community is always painful and redundant wrt to others before it..

By: DarkFader

DarkFader — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:38:25 +0000

perhaps this should be optional. have a filter on RSS and site data.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:47:30 +0000

I have already commented on this article but upon thinking about it i have had a few more ideas.

Obviously you have hired new editors/writters/bloogers etc and it would not be fair to any one for them to have their work removed. I would rather see a sister site to hack a day. one that focuses more on research and emerging tech like some of the more recent articles than say engadget yet still produces a similar level of articles (probably not the high quantity of engadget but you see my point)

By: luke

luke — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:36:36 +0000

you know what i agree with most of the people
this is news
news < hacks....
if you want to post news the url http://www.newsaday.com seems good for that. we want the old hackaday with the B&W pics ant the awesome hacks.

please dont run this site into the ground. we love you
you are so many peoples homepage.
please

By: jfh

jfh — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:35:47 +0000

(That, or as appears to actually be the case, they’ve just gotten lazy about it.)

By: jfh

jfh — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:23:42 +0000

Honestly, I thought HaD’s quality had slipped when I stopped reading it like a year+ ago, though I suppose it could’ve just been a change in my interests. While this Oink article seems like something I’d be at least passively interested in, I’d rather get it from, say, Engadget, or Slushdot. Of course, I never really liked Engadget either.

To whoever mentioned the color: Waay back when, one of the editors (probably either Eliot or Vince) said that they used it to visually separate non-hack-posts from hack-posts, which had the black/white+tape action. So, non-hack articles aren’t new, they’re just (apparently) more numerous these days.

By: dandin1

dandin1 — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:15:43 +0000

Well, while I don't want to see hackaday turn into a news site, I think an event like this has quite a lot of importance. When people start getting arrested for reasons like those, people have to know.

However, mono pictures>colours.

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:25:46 +0000

I agree about not posting this sort of stuff. This sight wasn't so popular just by coincidence, people liked the concept of having a single, interesting hack everyday, rather than a torrent of news and other junk to sort through.

Before you hired all the additional writers, I used read the days hack, everyday, even though it didn't always look interesting, because if it was posted here, it was almost certain to be something good, now the quality's all over the place.

Judging by the other comments, I'm not only one that feels this way.

By: DigitalMind

DigitalMind — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:31:50 +0000

I appreciate news stories like this. Although it’s in no way a “hack”, it’s a techie related story that I enjoyed reading about.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:50:13 +0000

agreed with everyone except 14 and 15. and why the color pictures? i kinda liked the black/whites with tape at each corner.

By: sj

sj — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:43:28 +0000

I think the thing is, stories like these are basically found everywhere else on the internet, and most people (at least I do) like to check up on hack a day for things that aren’t as well-posted, but are very interesting. Quality > Quantity I guess.

By: Mantrid

Mantrid — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:06:38 +0000

Jesus christ quit bitching. If you don’t want to read the post, don’t read it. All the other content you want is still on the site. Not posting the Oink story wouldn’t have magically made other hacks appear.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:25:37 +0000

I appreciate the extra effort in the site and think it was a good idea to increase the quantity in the site but i feel the quality has slipped.

I used to come to hackaday, check out something, every few days i would find one that would inspire me to look further and generate my own ideas.

I would like to see it go to two good hack posts a day with an occasional "how to" with something like the "best of the rest" with short descriptions and links to other off topic interests at the end of the day

By: Omar

Omar — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:44:30 +0000

I think I’ll be the lone voice who is for this article. I understand everyone’s points and they are quite valid. But this post, and this one alone I personally find special value in. OiNK was special and deserves this. Maybe the rest of you never experienced it or don’t comprehend the implications but personally I stand behind this post.

By: phil

phil — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:58:56 +0000

Again, agreeing with everybody else. Hack a day should be just that – One Hack, Each Day.

Although I am enjoying the “Best Of The Rest”. (Much like everybody else apparently :P)