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A snapshot of which links happen to be on the front-page at any given time doesn't tell you anything, really, vis-a-vis the point I was getting at. The front pa
by mindcrime 7y ago
A snapshot of which links happen to be on the front-page at any given time doesn't tell you anything, really, vis-a-vis the point I was getting at. The front page ebbs and flows constantly, stories that aren't on the front-page still get discussed, and not every front-page story draws the same amount of engagement.
- danso 7y agoAbsolutely. So take a peek at the most active discussions and the "best" (most upvoted) lists: https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/best https://news.ycombinator.com/best There's a lot of CDC/Cornoavirus in the /active list, and almost none (so far) in the /best list. And I suppose this is begging the question a little, but it doesn't seem out of place for coronavirus to be a big topic in /active. The first community transmission was just reported in the Bay Area, which means there will be a potential imminent impact to the daily lives of HN's biggest audience. Nevermind the already existing impact of travel and tech events being cancelled worldwide.
- mindcrime 7y agoYeah, I mean, on the Coronavirus thing, I understand why people here are interested in talking about it, and I'm not going to complain too much. Heck, I've been active on some of those discussions myself. But in general, I do feel like HN has "drifted" over the years, to be closer to "talking about the same stuff that's on CNN" site, than the hyper-niche techie/startupy/sciencey site that it was. Of course there's still plenty of tech|startup|science stuff here (and "coronavirus" arguably falls into "science" anyway) and one can always ignore the stuff they don't find interesting. shrug