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It could also just be a slow news day - I certainly feel like there it's been pretty light on meaty articles today. Maybe I should try to track that and see if

It could also just be a slow news day - I certainly feel like there it's been pretty light on meaty articles today. Maybe I should try to track that and see if there's some tendency towards different kind of articles on a Friday due to it being the end of the week.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
It's technical/mathematical rather than news, but there's this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846682 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846682
- almost 16y ago
  Yes, lets have more of that kind of thing!
- ryanwaggoner 16y ago
  I actually read and voted up that submission, but you have to understand that the set of people who care about / understand a post like that is small. As a result, with a generalized community like HN, you're always going to fight to get attention for stuff like that, especially as HN grows. This is an excellent argument for something like subreddits, because otherwise the community just gets more and more shallow. Bugs me to think I've contributed to that :(
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    > I actually read and voted up that submission, Thank you > you have to understand that the set of people who > care about / understand a post like that is small. I've always known this, but I find it surprising that so many HNers seem to fall into that category. I've always thought of people here as interested in pretty much anything technical, as I am, but it seems like they're not. Which I guess is just a thing to know. > This is an excellent argument for something like > subreddits, because otherwise the community just > gets more and more shallow. Or something. I see sub-reddits as being like folders, whereas I'd rather have something like tags. I'd like the chance to stumble across something out of my comfort zone but still engaging and interesting. I've got ideas and working on something in what's laughingly called my copious free time.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago

It's technical/mathematical rather than news, but there's this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846682 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846682

almost 16y ago
Yes, lets have more of that kind of thing!
ryanwaggoner 16y ago
I actually read and voted up that submission, but you have to understand that the set of people who care about / understand a post like that is small. As a result, with a generalized community like HN, you're always going to fight to get attention for stuff like that, especially as HN grows. This is an excellent argument for something like subreddits, because otherwise the community just gets more and more shallow. Bugs me to think I've contributed to that :(
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  > I actually read and voted up that submission, Thank you > you have to understand that the set of people who > care about / understand a post like that is small. I've always known this, but I find it surprising that so many HNers seem to fall into that category. I've always thought of people here as interested in pretty much anything technical, as I am, but it seems like they're not. Which I guess is just a thing to know. > This is an excellent argument for something like > subreddits, because otherwise the community just > gets more and more shallow. Or something. I see sub-reddits as being like folders, whereas I'd rather have something like tags. I'd like the chance to stumble across something out of my comfort zone but still engaging and interesting. I've got ideas and working on something in what's laughingly called my copious free time.