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There are many many places to have discussions with naive computer users; HN is one of the few places where you can have a discussion whose participants are lik

by eof 16y ago

There are many many places to have discussions with naive computer users; HN is one of the few places where you can have a discussion whose participants are likely to not be naive, and that is where a large part of its value comes from. In order for HN to have discussions with naive users, it would require frequent visits by naive users, which would be the end of HN.

amichail 16y ago
You could have a section of the site devoted to those sorts of discussions.
- zck 16y ago
  Why would they come here? Why would they come back?
  - amichail 16y ago
    They could have an impact on the sorts of products that get built.
    - zck 16y ago
      What have you done to change in-design products, with no benefit to yourself? Remember that we're talking about non-techies, who aren't excited by the latest, shiniest thing around.