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Ask HN: Has HN lost its tech startup community vibe?

• mathiasrw 10y ago
  Yes !
• cocotino 10y ago
  The world has lost its tech startup community vibe, thankfully.
• Tomte 10y ago
  Yes. Thank god. We've got prominent people like John Nagle or Alan Kay talking about stuff. We've got people who were involved in Maxis early games (SimFarm etc.) commenting little nuggets about the games and how the name "The Sims" was chosen. We've got people I have never heard of who talk about interprocess communication on QNX. Or about barrel machines and Intel Xeon programming. Or about lots of other interesting stuff. None of which fits into "let's talk how awesome my startup is".
• hobs 10y ago
  Its certainly diluted, but to be honest unless I am applying to the latest YC batch or starting my own company I don't care as much, most of that talk is fairly standard after you have heard it a few years running. While most of it is genuine, it can get a overhyped/inauthentic at times. I like the more relaxed atmosphere, but would like to see more interesting technical articles getting to the front page, and less repeated news things being cross posted around the internet. Spending a bit more time on /newest is probably a good idea.
• mtmail 10y ago
  Is this related to your "Show HN" submission an hour ago where you asked startups to upload a video presenting themselves? (no upvotes, submitter didn't create a video him/herself, submitter deleted submission) Your account is two years old, but the question is (and gets) so old it's even in the guidelines "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. "
  • angry-hacker 10y ago
    Does it matter how old the account is? I have no idea about mine, and I'm not bothered to even look. What I do know I've been on HN for a lot longer than I have the account. About topic: there is a lot more politics, a lot less about hacking and tinkering. I dont if HN has changed. It is much more popular now. Or maybe the world has changed.
• jacquesm 10y ago
  It's called 'hacker news' and no longer 'startup news' for a reason.
• bgnm2000 10y ago
  Honestly, no - I don't think so. The site has ebbs and flows based on whats happening in the world just like anywhere else. HackerNews constantly seems to have a higher level of discussion than reddit, or any other place for internet comments, and I don't mind that it changes (just like everything else does) with time.
• deleted 10y ago
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• yardie 10y ago
  I've found Uber, AirBnb, Grooveshark, spotify, and many other startups through here. The frontpage has a list of 30 links that cycle, basically, 24 hours. HN is my homepage now. If it was just news on startups that would be interesting but not something I would visit daily. Just like I don't visit Apple or Android news sites daily. It's a good mix (I would even say firehose) of topics and I like it that way.
• fsloth 10y ago
  I've been reading HN for a decade. For that time it's been a fascinating technology and cultural discussion aggregator. There is lots of quality sharing and discussion of deep issues. Thank god only very few "me too! look at my trivial cool stuff!" vanity posts reach the headlines. I think it's been that way for the span I'm aware of (otherwise I'm pretty sure I would have moved along).
• platinumdragon 10y ago
  Yes, unfortunately. And I know there are those in the comments that seem to be offended at the very question, but then they are part of the problem. They'd rather post politics or opinions about random events in their lives. HN has become 9gag and is ultimately useless for people who are interested in tech startup news, which it was once known for. Very unfortunate indeed.