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Absolutely. So take a peek at the most active discussions and the "best" (most upvoted) lists: https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com
by danso 7y ago
Absolutely. 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