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I struggle with how low contrast it is. I skip 'Ask HN' style posts because they are too hard to read.
by Pfhreak 8y ago
I struggle with how low contrast it is. I skip 'Ask HN' style posts because they are too hard to read.
- krapp 8y ago> I skip 'Ask HN' style posts because they are too hard to read. That's done on purpose to discourage people from posting (or reading) them too often. PG was afraid letting people write text posts would lead to "blogging."
- joshstrange 8y agoCan we get a source on this? Not disputing but I had never heard that before and it's interesting.
- krapp 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=468471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=468471
- alistairSH 8y agoWow, that's a ridiculously user-hostile approach to the problem.
- nickbee 8y agoHN was designed for a small audience, and it intentionally did things to discourage growth. The goal was to preserve the community for longer.
- alistairSH 8y agoI understand the reason. That doesn't make it any less hostile to users with poor eye-sight.
- krapp 8y agoIf Hacker News wanted to discourage growth, they should have made the forum private and invite only. There was never any real chance of this forum going mainstream, not because it was too ugly and awkward but because it didn't have any mainstream appeal. Negative reinforcements like making the text purposely difficult to read mostly just punish existing users.
- Pfhreak 8y agoInteresting. I mean, it works, I don't read those posts at all...
- Noumenon72 8y agoI suggest highlighting the text to read in reverse video.