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I'm anticipating a lot of downvotes, but I couldn't think of a less healthy online platform except for maybe Reddit or Facebook. Really, the best way to use HN
by deltaveedaddy 7y ago
I'm anticipating a lot of downvotes, but I couldn't think of a less healthy online platform except for maybe Reddit or Facebook.
Really, the best way to use HN is to keep a list of the interesting blogs that get posted here. I check in every now and then and add the blogs to my RSS list and away I go.
Year after year, HN gets worse and worse. It's constant complaining and whining, the discussions are INCREDIBLY trivial and just vapor-y. Show HN, for example. In Show HN, someone is presenting the community something they designed, created, implemented, polished, there's weeks or months or years of effort involved. Most of the time, the comments of these posts are "Oh, well the text-margin is 1px off" or some stupid detail that nobody using the product actually cares about, and then the rest are complaining about those comments, like what I'm guilty of doing right now.
I don't really know what could be done to fix it. Finally, let me add this: If you want the most pleasant HN experience, click the LINK, and stay far away from the comments.