If you want a good example example of gossip and fluff in the tech industry just look at 99% of the articles that hit HN frontpage in the past few days about the $1b Instagram purchase.
Yeah, seriously. I ditched slashdot and came to HN because slashdot was becoming filled with Apple fanboys and Microsoft shills ("oh look! Apple released a white iPhone!"). The instagram thing was pretty annoying, but at least it didn't stay around long. What I'd really like to find is a technical site with discussions about programming and computer science, preferably with a strong bent towards Linux and other F/OSS. I'd like to find a place with people smarter than me (shouldn't be hard to find) who talk nothing but shop, no gossip, no fluff.
Well, this isn't the place you're looking for. This is a discussion board about startups- it includes programming and computer science, but isn't dictated by it. Perhaps /r/programming on Reddit would work better?
good luck. this site exists to enable the business practices of "tech" entrepreneurs and investors. gossip and fluff, as you call them, are necessary to hype the various start-ups or the skills and personalities of the teams involved. you need to smile all the time and ignore the little voice in the back of your head that says "we do not need another way to share photos."
