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Another reason HN may be boring: we've beaten a lot of the common topics to death. It only takes a handful of articles about "how to pitch a VC" to soak up mos
by johnrob 16y ago
Another reason HN may be boring: we've beaten a lot of the common topics to death. It only takes a handful of articles about "how to pitch a VC" to soak up most of the relevant advice on the subject. While posts often present a unique combination of previously mentioned ideas, it's becoming increasingly rare to actually find something new if you are a regular here.
- robryan 16y agoThis may also explain why even older members are posting things further away from the core hacker news topics. Something about health care or law or economics might seem more interesting than a pitch a VC article because we have all read many many opinions on the latter. I think good technical stuff though is evergreen because there are always new languages, libraries and techniques.
- erikpukinskis 16y agoIt's worth noting that this is also true in Magazines, where they have strong editorial review, and an actual staff of people creating content. Once you've read 12 months of Runners World, you've basically read every Runners World that has been, or ever will be, written.