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Good points. Regarding HN, I think the basic concept of submitting links by community members works. What HN needs to fight is mainstreamisation and spamming. S
by greyman 18y ago
Good points. Regarding HN, I think the basic concept of submitting links by community members works. What HN needs to fight is mainstreamisation and spamming. So far, HN fares satisfactory.
What remains to be seen is, if the relatively high quality of front page can be maintained for the long time by using technology and algorithms alone, and if not, what kind of editorial control would be suitable.
p.s: Why every article about community tech sites have to bash slashdot? Slashdot is alive and well, outliving both reddit and digg.
- rabble 18y agoJust wait until the tech crunch crowd realizes that this is the place that folks like Fred Wilson gets his leads and you'll start to see folks gaming the system. I mean Fred already has said he gets news from here, i'm sure other VC's do too. Once the techcrunch biz dev types realize that, then you'll see the attacks on the system.
- allenbrunson 18y agothere are already attacks on this system. i have no insider knowledge of this site, other than i keep my "showdead" parameter turned on. we get quite a few spammy submissions and comments, most of which are killed within seconds. most of this must be automated, there's no way the editors can be patrolling the place 24 hours a day.
- adrianwaj 18y agoI think what will determine the longevity of this community is the standard of modding.