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A trend I've been seeing on HN and Reddit alike are articles that are not in depth, but allow the users of the medium in which they are shared to have a reason
by varrock 6y ago
A trend I've been seeing on HN and Reddit alike are articles that are not in depth, but allow the users of the medium in which they are shared to have a reason to talk about something. This post probably got more attention because it was a dedicated link versus somebody asking HN if they think React is becoming a black box.
I'd much prefer the latter, but it seems that links are the way of websites such as these.
- ritchiea 6y agoThe quality of posts at the top of HN has really tanked over the last 2-3 years. Falling from high quality to “programmer clickbait” like the OP here. It’s a little better if you use /classic as a path, which I understand is only calculated by upvotes from users from the first couple years of HN, before the startup boom. Occasionally /news and /classic are virtually identical making me wonder if there are a lack of active OG users and the algo falls back to default during a lack of classic participation.