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Ask HN: Have you lost interest in HN?

18 points by zabana 6y ago

godelmachine 6y ago
In a way, yes. Too many posts catering to people with differing interests. Hard to differentiate the signal from the noise. But I find this urge to visit HN at least once every 2 weeks.
simonh 6y ago
Of course HN has signal to noise issues, but it’s still a strong community and a great site. My take is its worth fighting for. If your dismayed by a slide in the quality of submissions and comments, submit high quality content and don’t submit junk, make high quality comments, upvote high quality comments and down-vote trolling and trivial comments. Most importantly, be polite and generous to those you disagree with. The way to fix problems isn’t less engagement, it’s more. If HN ever fails it won’t be because of ‘them’, it will be because of us.
javipas 6y ago
Not at all. Diversity & choice are good.
kleer001 6y ago
Nope. I check it multiple times a day. It excels at interesting-to-me things and minimal design are attractive. Now, consider OP, that you might be asking a self selected group of people who visit often and that people who have lost interest won't see your question.
nblavoie 6y ago
In a way, yes. My attention is more directed to SkimFeed since 2-3 months [1]. [1] https://skimfeed.com/ https://skimfeed.com/
- wendelmaques 6y ago
  Nice, pinned on my screen phone.
meiraleal 6y ago
There are 2 to 3 years that I've not been finding HN as interesting as before.
badpun 6y ago
I've lost interest in HN to the degree I've lost interest in computers in general. As I've learned to understand how they work, including the "cool" parts (3d graphics, AI, ML), they've lost their magic to me and I just view them as complicated and tedious mechanisms. Unlike many people here, I guess I was never that much into bending my mind around complicated and hairy software puzzles.
EllipticCurve 6y ago
Not really. Not everything is interesting all the time, but at least every couple of days there are submissions that perfectly fit my interests. And I like the general high quality and good/positive community towards people that build things.
amparanoid 6y ago
No, quite the opposite. In scan the entire HN once a day

18 points by zabana 6y ago

In a way, yes. Too many posts catering to people with differing interests. Hard to differentiate the signal from the noise. But I find this urge to visit HN at least once every 2 weeks.

simonh 6y ago

Of course HN has signal to noise issues, but it’s still a strong community and a great site. My take is its worth fighting for. If your dismayed by a slide in the quality of submissions and comments, submit high quality content and don’t submit junk, make high quality comments, upvote high quality comments and down-vote trolling and trivial comments. Most importantly, be polite and generous to those you disagree with. The way to fix problems isn’t less engagement, it’s more. If HN ever fails it won’t be because of ‘them’, it will be because of us.

javipas 6y ago

Not at all. Diversity & choice are good.

kleer001 6y ago

Nope. I check it multiple times a day. It excels at interesting-to-me things and minimal design are attractive. Now, consider OP, that you might be asking a self selected group of people who visit often and that people who have lost interest won't see your question.

nblavoie 6y ago

In a way, yes. My attention is more directed to SkimFeed since 2-3 months [1]. [1] https://skimfeed.com/ https://skimfeed.com/

wendelmaques 6y ago
Nice, pinned on my screen phone.

meiraleal 6y ago

There are 2 to 3 years that I've not been finding HN as interesting as before.

badpun 6y ago

I've lost interest in HN to the degree I've lost interest in computers in general. As I've learned to understand how they work, including the "cool" parts (3d graphics, AI, ML), they've lost their magic to me and I just view them as complicated and tedious mechanisms. Unlike many people here, I guess I was never that much into bending my mind around complicated and hairy software puzzles.

EllipticCurve 6y ago

Not really. Not everything is interesting all the time, but at least every couple of days there are submissions that perfectly fit my interests. And I like the general high quality and good/positive community towards people that build things.

amparanoid 6y ago

No, quite the opposite. In scan the entire HN once a day