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Everyone is here for a different reason. Some people love startups, some love technology, some love programming. Some just like to learn new things. If you loo
by mixmax 16y ago
Everyone is here for a different reason. Some people love startups, some love technology, some love programming. Some just like to learn new things.
If you look broadly at the topics, discussions and members I think it's somewhat obvious that there's a common denominator in all of this. Hacker news is a collection of intellectually curious people who enjoy interacting with and being challenged by likeminded souls. This is evidenced by the generally well-thought out comments, stimulating submissions and the tendency to downvote comments that aren't interesting or add to the conversation.
Hacker news is simply a place where you can meet other people that value intellectual integrity and a good conversation about an interesting subject whatever that may be.
- shib71 16y agoI'm mostly here for the technology / programming stuff, but I do appreciate the entrepreneurial factor. It seems to bias the content towards ideas that are potentially disruptive, as opposed to press releases and unfocused technophilia.
- caudipublius 16y ago"potentially disruptive"? Please elaborate. I find that the ideas mentioned here stem from other ideas mentioned here in a mostly positive fashion.
- MaysonL 16y ago"Disruptive" here is being used in the sense that Schumpeter called "creative destruction" the engine of capitalism. In other words, an idea that has the potential to change the world, probably in a way that will break somebody's rice bowls (while quite likely creating some new ones). Like what Craigslist and eBay have done to newspaper classified advertising.
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- dealova 16y agoNice words ! One of the example :http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307646/iStethoscope-The-iPhone-app-replacing-real-thing-hospitals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307646/iStet...
- Andrew-Dufresne 16y agoEveryone is here for a different reason. True! I am here because I like HN interface and look. There are other sites that provide articles, submissions and discussions on programming and technology. But none do it as well as HN. One such site is so full of irritating ads, links to other articles and what not that it becomes nearly impossible to focus on the real thing. At another famous site, I am still unable to understand their comment and karma system. HN is simple, nice and clean. I would say more productive.
- weaksauce 16y agoIt's also quick to load on my iPhone and the linked articles are generally longer and easier to read on said device because there is less context switching that is slow on the device.