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It may well be a viable solution, but I am not convinced that the problem of "the ability to see at glance what a link is about" exists for everyone. Not for me
by cromulent 17y ago
It may well be a viable solution, but I am not convinced that the problem of "the ability to see at glance what a link is about" exists for everyone. Not for me, anyway.
In terms of "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity", the variety that I find by clicking through a high-rated item with an obscure or mystifying headline is welcome.
A tagging system may help me to pre-filter, but by applying my own filters instead of trusting the HN community filter, I would no doubt lose the surprises and intellectual gratification. Some of my favourite items have come through not knowing what the link is about, but clicking anyway.
- greyman 17y agoI agree with each paragraph above. Generally, I consider the quality of most headlines to be sufficient, and in cases where it is not, I still have a second option - click on the comments first, which will give me enough suggestions whether it is worth to visit the site. Moreover, I surely wouldn't want to pre-filter according to the tags, because one of the main reasons I like HN is that I am confronted with topics, which are not my primary interest, but allows me to expand my thinking to new areas.