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Why is this at the top of HN?
by sashavingardt2 6y ago
Why is this at the top of HN?
- wondringaloud 6y agoI've been asking myself that question more and more. It seems HN has been slowly becoming a Reddit-lite. There are significantly more low-quality "thanks! this is great!" comments and "witty" one-liners everywhere. Not to mention posts like these.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoEveryone is a beginner at some point. Community and content shape the culture.
- dang 6y agoPeople have been saying this since before Startup News was renamed to Hacker News in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=turning%20%22into%20reddit%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721
- dsr_ 6y agoThis is a FAQ now, I think. The answer is a combination of: * somebody submitted it * people upvoted it * the algorithm weights new more than old * lots of people have things to say about it, including recommendations for other tools, neat hacks, and observations on general utility
- dang 6y agoIt's common for quirky, easy-to-understand technical posts, for example that cover something familiar from an unfamiliar angle, to do well on HN.
- m463 6y agoI'm reminded of this story: https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html
- DonCopal 6y agoIt goes to show that terminal fanatics still haven't find a simple solution to this problem even after 50 years.