newswelcome.tsx

import Link from 'next/link';
import * as React from 'react';

import { NoticeLayout } from '../src/layouts/notice-layout';

export function NewsWelcomePage(): JSX.Element {
  return (
    <NoticeLayout>
      <b>Welcome to Hacker News</b>
      <br />
      <br />
      <p>
        <Link href="/">
          <a>Hacker News</a>
        </Link>{' '}
        is a bit different from other community sites, and we&#39;d appreciate it if you&#39;d take
        a minute to read the following as well as the{' '}
        <Link href="/newsguidelines">
          <a>official guidelines</a>
        </Link>
        .
      </p>
      <p>
        HN is an experiment. As a rule, a community site that becomes popular will decline in
        quality. Our hypothesis is that this is not inevitable—that by making a conscious effort to
        resist decline, we can keep it from happening.
      </p>
      <p>
        Essentially there are two rules here: don&#39;t post or upvote crap links, and don&#39;t be
        rude or dumb in comment threads.
      </p>
      <p>
        A crap link is one that&#39;s only superficially interesting. Stories on HN don&#39;t have
        to be about hacking, because good hackers aren&#39;t only interested in hacking, but they do
        have to be deeply interesting.
      </p>
      <p>
        What does &quot;deeply interesting&quot; mean? It means stuff that teaches you about the
        world. A story about a robbery, for example, would probably not be deeply interesting. But
        if this robbery was a sign of some bigger, underlying trend, perhaps it could be.
      </p>
      <p>
        The worst thing to post or upvote is something that&#39;s intensely but shallowly
        interesting: gossip about famous people, funny or cute pictures or videos, partisan
        political articles, etc. If you let{' '}
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_perch">
          that sort of thing onto a news site, it will push aside the deeply interesting stuff,
          which tends to be quieter.
        </a>
      </p>
      <p>
        The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in
        both senses: civil and substantial.
      </p>
      <p>
        The test for substance is a lot like it is for links. Does your comment teach us anything?
        There are two ways to do that: by pointing out some consideration that hadn&#39;t previously
        been mentioned, and by giving more information about the topic, perhaps from personal
        experience. Whereas comments like &quot;LOL!&quot; or worse still, &quot;That&#39;s
        retarded!&quot; teach us nothing.
      </p>
      <p>
        Empty comments can be ok if they&#39;re positive. There&#39;s nothing wrong with submitting
        a comment saying just &quot;Thanks.&quot; What we especially discourage are comments that
        are empty and negative—comments that are mere name-calling.
      </p>
      <p>
        Which brings us to the most important principle on HN: civility. Since long before the web,
        the anonymity of online conversation has lured people into being much ruder than they&#39;d
        be in person. So the principle here is: don&#39;t say anything you wouldn&#39;t say face to
        face. This doesn&#39;t mean you can&#39;t disagree. But disagree without calling names. If
        you&#39;re right, your argument will be more convincing without them.
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <table style={{ padding: '0px', backgroundColor: '#ff6600', width: '100%' }}>
          <tbody>
            <tr style={{ height: '0px' }}>
              <td style={{ padding: '0px' }} />
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </p>
      <p>
        <span className="foot">
          <br />
          <br />
        </span>
      </p>
    </NoticeLayout>
  );
}

export default NewsWelcomePage;