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When I was unemployed, HN was a big deal to me. I don't have time to come here now. Developments about languages, frameworks and such is best received other pla

When I was unemployed, HN was a big deal to me. I don't have time to come here now. Developments about languages, frameworks and such is best received other places. The trivial businesses, which are the stuff of legend around here, and often silly, tribal discussions are not worthy of a person looking for new information. The worst feature of this and many other communities is the transparent effort of many in the discussions to make compliments at the nebulous 'community.' Some cool people make an effort to engage in some threads (especially about them or their fraudulent board members). However, most of the time, hairs are split in abundance.

emit_time_n3rgy 16y ago
Unemployment + exploration is what enabled me to find out about HN. A job with a routine span of hours can really gouge out a lot of opportunities to find out about many interesting things going on in the world. However, when having a much more limited amount of time to explore, it helps prioritize what to explore. Both circumstances have their benefits and undesirables. I think another issue is the idea of having a range-rating system versus a 1 point up & 1 point down system. Another idea is to be able to turn off seeing the point system altogether until you are done reading what you want to read. Perhaps this can be accomplished somehow with the firebug firefox add-on. I like the idea of being able to customize & edit the entire Web as an add-on feature (not permanent/censorship) :)