>HN design and its spartan interface is an overwhelmingly and the primary reason for its success I don't think so, even considering the paranthesis cases. Peop

>HN design and its spartan interface is an overwhelmingly and the primary reason for its success I don't think so, even considering the paranthesis cases. People are addicted to its consistency. It stays the same, the way it worked, and stick to the principles of "don't fix if it aint broke". A forum is primary a forum, where people share ideas. Trying to force in the industrial design principles of "best design" in to a forum is mixing up the true intention of "best design" thinking. No such thing as "best design", there's just "different" design. Better design is the excuse producer give consumer to sell something similar yet different, implementing planned obsolecense through deisgn by making the consumer reaching for the "new" design. works for Apple, Nike, Stripe you name it because they constantly want to sell new products, that competes with their old product. To make a profit, the design becomes design for the sake of design. That principle goes against what a forum is supposed to be.