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Would a "small web" require giving up search, recommendation engines, upvotes, etc. Doesn't something like hn necessarily require centralization?
by thinkloop 6y ago
Would a "small web" require giving up search, recommendation engines, upvotes, etc. Doesn't something like hn necessarily require centralization?
- rabidrat 6y agoI think HN is still small web. It's custom-written by one or a few people, doesn't make money, isn't trying to take over the world.
- spyke112 6y agoUhm... It's run by Y Combinator. I wouldn't call that, not making money and not trying to take over the world, on the contrary. Traditional seed vc money firm.
- thinkloop 6y agoIt has "users" and they "rent" space on their servers and you don't own your data and it is censored and your activity can be mined - I think these are the main factors the article is interested in.
- kgraves 6y agoHN is owned by Y Combinator which funds surveillance capitalist startups, so absolutely not.
- coronadisaster 6y agoYou could host your own HN/Reddit and get most if not all of the same features.