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Meta Answer: HN eschews all modern UI affordances as a form of status signalling. It's like how millionaire startup founders like to wear cargo shorts and hood
by ryandvm 9y ago
Meta Answer:
HN eschews all modern UI affordances as a form of status signalling. It's like how millionaire startup founders like to wear cargo shorts and hoodies.
It's Y Combinator's way of saying, "we're so fucking successful we can afford to have a site that eclipses even Craigslist in un-usability."
- CaptSpify 9y agoAlternative view: "We're successful because we have a site that works simply, without much unneeded complexity, and choose to keep it simple for the sake of our users."
- vorotato 9y agoLinks are notoriously complex. One time I had a user whose head exploded when they saw a link to a duplicate.