<story><title>A curated list of open source applications built with Node.js</title><url>https://github.com/sqreen/awesome-nodejs-projects</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>octref</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m baffled. A random list that links to a few most-starred node app got 50+ upvotes in 2 hours on HN and is currently No.1. First commit 3 days ago. I fail to see how it&amp;#x27;s awesome.&lt;p&gt;Anyone enlighten me?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kylecordes</author><text>It feels like this and the numerous other &amp;quot;awesome&amp;quot; lists which claim to be curated, are curated in only the most trivial sense: perhaps someone looked to see if each new entry in some plausible way is in the right general category of thing, i.e. is not a random unrelated link. For example, this one looks like a list of open source applications that could be found or were submitted so far for inclusion.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t see any evidence on this one or any other of any genuine curation, which would be characterized by saying &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; to some of the possible candidates.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the words awesome and curation have so little meaning among lists of programming-related things, that it would probably be a waste of time for someone to actually do that, and would possibly generate hard feelings from whatever projects end up in the &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; pile.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;No&amp;quot; is hard.</text></comment>
<story><title>A curated list of open source applications built with Node.js</title><url>https://github.com/sqreen/awesome-nodejs-projects</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>octref</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m baffled. A random list that links to a few most-starred node app got 50+ upvotes in 2 hours on HN and is currently No.1. First commit 3 days ago. I fail to see how it&amp;#x27;s awesome.&lt;p&gt;Anyone enlighten me?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>frou_dh</author><text>&amp;quot;curated list&amp;quot; is a major meme. I think the word curated makes people feel fancy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hn.algolia.com&amp;#x2F;?query=curated%20list&amp;amp;sort=byPopularity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hn.algolia.com&amp;#x2F;?query=curated%20list&amp;amp;sort=byPopulari...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>