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I don't care! I've seen this in HN a million times before. Someone ditches Google or Facebook and proceed to tell you why they made that decision and how. I do

by dudus 7y ago

I don't care! I've seen this in HN a million times before. Someone ditches Google or Facebook and proceed to tell you why they made that decision and how. I don't care! This feels like the new Instagram food pics. I don't care! But I feel alone here. Like how every time this same topic gets posted hundreds of comments validate it. Saying how this is too hard because Google is an evil monopoly or how it's not too hard because a random person also did it, and then proceeds to tell you a better way to ditch the evil corps. I don't care! Am I crazy? Are all online communities destined to become an echo chamber pushing incessantly the same ideas and types of news? At this point I wish I could drop Hacker News and replace with something less evil. Maybe I'll write an article on Wired when I do it.

jader201 7y ago
See my comment about 20 minutes before yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21622722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21622722 HN is becoming an echo chamber of pro-DDG/anti-Google, which whatever, but these showing up on the front page almost every other day is starting to take a toll on the overall quality of the front page. I’m not sure if the goal is to spread awareness, but not sure how effective that really is here (e.g. everyone here already hates Google).
- computerex 7y ago
  > but these showing up on the front page almost every other day Can you provide links to recent posts like these? If they show up "every other day" that should be fairly simple. Using the HackerNews search and looking for the term "duckduckgo" I only see 8 stories within the last week, only 1 having reached the frontpage (this one), and including this one, only 2 about switching to DDG and only 1 being somewhat critical of Google. My cursory search does not seem to agree with your statement.
user263 7y ago
People are starting to understand how Google and Facebook really work and spreading this knowledge is good for everybody including Google and Facebook. And I don't care that you don't care. Let people talk about what they care about.
CamelCaseName 7y ago
I'm also frustrated with these threads and believe they violate HN's guidelines. As per the guidelines, articles on-topic if they "gratify one's intellectual curiosity". [0] Yet these are so often rehashed arguments attached to a personal anecdote! Personal stories of leaving Google search for DDG, Chrome for Brave, etc. are countless, and I can't see what ideas could be presented that are novel or stimulating. The comments are always exactly the same as well! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- computerex 7y ago
  I think that's being unfair and a rather misclassification of the HackerNews guidelines. I don't think this violates the guidelines at all, and I think it'd be very difficult, if not impossible, for you to prove that this post does not "gratify one's intellectual curiosity". This isn't merely a meme, it's a well reasoned and though out post. Personally I found it intellectually gratifying and I liked it.
oliwarner 7y ago
I think this is something worth revisiting over time, because the process of untethering yourself from the big G can be fraught with complication. I want to do it, I just don't want to go through the transition. Any article that gets me closer to that point is welcome to me.
computerex 7y ago
If you truly don't care, simply move on to the next post.. There's bound to be quite a lot of content that you don't personally care about being posted. You can simply ignore it and move on.
whalabi 7y ago
So don't read the article. People do care, hence the upvotes.

by dudus 7y ago

jader201 7y ago

See my comment about 20 minutes before yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21622722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21622722 HN is becoming an echo chamber of pro-DDG/anti-Google, which whatever, but these showing up on the front page almost every other day is starting to take a toll on the overall quality of the front page. I’m not sure if the goal is to spread awareness, but not sure how effective that really is here (e.g. everyone here already hates Google).

computerex 7y ago
> but these showing up on the front page almost every other day Can you provide links to recent posts like these? If they show up "every other day" that should be fairly simple. Using the HackerNews search and looking for the term "duckduckgo" I only see 8 stories within the last week, only 1 having reached the frontpage (this one), and including this one, only 2 about switching to DDG and only 1 being somewhat critical of Google. My cursory search does not seem to agree with your statement.

user263 7y ago

People are starting to understand how Google and Facebook really work and spreading this knowledge is good for everybody including Google and Facebook. And I don't care that you don't care. Let people talk about what they care about.

CamelCaseName 7y ago

I'm also frustrated with these threads and believe they violate HN's guidelines. As per the guidelines, articles on-topic if they "gratify one's intellectual curiosity". [0] Yet these are so often rehashed arguments attached to a personal anecdote! Personal stories of leaving Google search for DDG, Chrome for Brave, etc. are countless, and I can't see what ideas could be presented that are novel or stimulating. The comments are always exactly the same as well! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

computerex 7y ago
I think that's being unfair and a rather misclassification of the HackerNews guidelines. I don't think this violates the guidelines at all, and I think it'd be very difficult, if not impossible, for you to prove that this post does not "gratify one's intellectual curiosity". This isn't merely a meme, it's a well reasoned and though out post. Personally I found it intellectually gratifying and I liked it.

oliwarner 7y ago

I think this is something worth revisiting over time, because the process of untethering yourself from the big G can be fraught with complication. I want to do it, I just don't want to go through the transition. Any article that gets me closer to that point is welcome to me.

computerex 7y ago

If you truly don't care, simply move on to the next post.. There's bound to be quite a lot of content that you don't personally care about being posted. You can simply ignore it and move on.

whalabi 7y ago

So don't read the article. People do care, hence the upvotes.