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I really wonder sometimes why not more devs read HN. At my previous company most of them wouldn't read HN, but twitter instead.

by baxtr 6y ago

ThePadawan 6y ago
Like, Software Engineering Twitter? I personally find Twitter works best to deliver media content (not text), so I follow mostly artists. SWE posts tend to require more context and explanation that will just immediately kick me off Twitter again.
- baxtr 6y ago
  yes, SWE Twitter!
- octoberfranklin 6y ago
  I personally find Twitter works best to deliver steaming piles of bloaty javascript encrusted upon an occasional 140-character message.
tester34 6y ago
30% snarky: I think majority of devs does not really care about west coast startup scene or generally VCs. Also there may be better news aggregators when it comes to Linux or LLVM or Postgres or famous IT/Math people or dramas with computer stuff involved.
- Rexxar 6y ago
  > Also there may be better news aggregators when it comes to Linux or LLVM or Postgres or famous IT/Math people I would be grateful if someone can list some of them. (Maybe https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ but I always forgot to look at it and I don't know anyone to invite me)
  - mikestew 6y ago
    Perhaps I have not skimmed lobste.rs enough to make an accurate assessment ('cuz I don't know anyone to send me an invite, either), but lobster.rs just feels like a mirror of HN the times I looked.
ReactiveJelly 6y ago
Sometimes I wonder why I read HN. There's some good stuff, but there's also a lot of fluff and bad political takes. It doesn't seem clearly better than Reddit's /r/programming board, just different and a little more eager to bury un-interesting posts. (but not controversial ones) That said, I'm not aware of anyone at my company who reads Reddit other than me, either.
- marcosdumay 6y ago
  A lot of time ago I saw people here thinking in interesting ways about enterprises and side projects and said "hey, I want to learn that kind of thinking". With that goal achieved, I think I stay out of boredom. (Like, at this exact moment, I have a script running at work that is blocking basically anything I can do, so I have 10 minutes.)
msla 6y ago
Good content and comments get downvoted because of the hivemind, with some topics (linguistics, for example) taking it especially hard because, apparently, the hivemind doesn't like linguistics and downvotes content with accurate information on the subject.

I really wonder sometimes why not more devs read HN. At my previous company most of them wouldn't read HN, but twitter instead.

by baxtr 6y ago

I really wonder sometimes why not more devs read HN. At my previous company most of them wouldn't read HN, but twitter instead.

ThePadawan 6y ago

Like, Software Engineering Twitter? I personally find Twitter works best to deliver media content (not text), so I follow mostly artists. SWE posts tend to require more context and explanation that will just immediately kick me off Twitter again.

baxtr 6y ago
yes, SWE Twitter!
octoberfranklin 6y ago
I personally find Twitter works best to deliver steaming piles of bloaty javascript encrusted upon an occasional 140-character message.

tester34 6y ago

30% snarky: I think majority of devs does not really care about west coast startup scene or generally VCs. Also there may be better news aggregators when it comes to Linux or LLVM or Postgres or famous IT/Math people or dramas with computer stuff involved.

Rexxar 6y ago
> Also there may be better news aggregators when it comes to Linux or LLVM or Postgres or famous IT/Math people I would be grateful if someone can list some of them. (Maybe https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ but I always forgot to look at it and I don't know anyone to invite me)
- mikestew 6y ago
  Perhaps I have not skimmed lobste.rs enough to make an accurate assessment ('cuz I don't know anyone to send me an invite, either), but lobster.rs just feels like a mirror of HN the times I looked.

ReactiveJelly 6y ago

Sometimes I wonder why I read HN. There's some good stuff, but there's also a lot of fluff and bad political takes. It doesn't seem clearly better than Reddit's /r/programming board, just different and a little more eager to bury un-interesting posts. (but not controversial ones) That said, I'm not aware of anyone at my company who reads Reddit other than me, either.

marcosdumay 6y ago
A lot of time ago I saw people here thinking in interesting ways about enterprises and side projects and said "hey, I want to learn that kind of thinking". With that goal achieved, I think I stay out of boredom. (Like, at this exact moment, I have a script running at work that is blocking basically anything I can do, so I have 10 minutes.)

msla 6y ago

Good content and comments get downvoted because of the hivemind, with some topics (linguistics, for example) taking it especially hard because, apparently, the hivemind doesn't like linguistics and downvotes content with accurate information on the subject.