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If you haven't read the article yet, read it! It talks about 2 clever "hacks" of the Reddit/Digg systems, which are really imaginative and wonderful. There is
by edanm 16y ago
If you haven't read the article yet, read it! It talks about 2 clever "hacks" of the Reddit/Digg systems, which are really imaginative and wonderful.
There is one thing about the article I'm not sure about. He says the difference between Digg and Reddit is in their "hacker culture"; Reddit is made up more of hackers, and therefore likes hacks more.
On the other hand, I think Hacker News is even more slanted towards the hacker mentality than either Reddit and Digg. But I'm not at all sure what HN's reactions to such "hacks" of the system would be; I think we tend to frown on such things.
EDIT: I stand corrected. Read niyazpk's comment for an example of a hack of HN (although that is literally a hack of the code that runs HN, not a hack of the "system". Either way, interesting reading).
- niyazpk 16y ago>> I'm not at all sure what HN's reactions to such "hacks" of the system would be; I think we tend to frown on such things. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976
- jgrahamc 16y agoYeah, I'm still mad about that. But only because I had thought of precisely the same thing in parallel with dfranke (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=640213 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=640213) and he had the time to actually do it. Aargh. People who have time to do clever stuff! :-) Perhaps I need to get a job where I get to break things.
- dsteinweg 16y agoMatsano!
- rottencupcakes 16y agoTrue Hacker News is slanted towards hackers, but it takes itself far more seriously than Reddit.
- masklinn 16y agoAnd it doesn't give its hackers white fedoras.