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Implying HN isn't already bad?

joshxyz 5y ago
its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.
- uyt 5y ago
  It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.
  - the_only_law 5y ago
    Not in the same realm necessarily, but there’s a page somewhere on the site that shows the front page, but only from users with a certain account age. Interestingly, the last time I looked at it, there’s was a lack of a certain topic showing up.
  - moksly 5y ago
    It is, but when is the last time you’ve connected with someone interesting and taken the conversation beyond HN?
twtwtw23454 5y ago
yeah it sucks. people here take things too seriously, it's impossible to have a light hearted discussion. That's one reason I really enjoy n-gate.com that said it's probably the best centralized place for high signal-to-noise tech info. Also love n-gates's about page message: About this webshit Good thing you idiots got rid of the blink tag. It was super detrimental to the user experience. Hacker News is an echo chamber focusing on computer posturing and self-aggrandizement. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and sociopath incubator, Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's ineffectual curiosity". Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European mistake centered on free and open-source attention whoring. It is aimed at TEDx wannabes and anyone interested in the free and open-source noisemaking movement. It aims to enable social media engagement specialists to meet and to promote the awareness and use of themselves. This site is full of bullshit and you should not read it. Having read it, you should ignore it. You don't have to listen to this shit from some rando on the internet. Opinions are those of your employer. complain here or appear to monetize this site

its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.

uyt 5y ago
It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.
- the_only_law 5y ago
  Not in the same realm necessarily, but there’s a page somewhere on the site that shows the front page, but only from users with a certain account age. Interestingly, the last time I looked at it, there’s was a lack of a certain topic showing up.
- moksly 5y ago
  It is, but when is the last time you’ve connected with someone interesting and taken the conversation beyond HN?

twtwtw23454 5y ago

yeah it sucks. people here take things too seriously, it's impossible to have a light hearted discussion. That's one reason I really enjoy n-gate.com that said it's probably the best centralized place for high signal-to-noise tech info. Also love n-gates's about page message: About this webshit Good thing you idiots got rid of the blink tag. It was super detrimental to the user experience. Hacker News is an echo chamber focusing on computer posturing and self-aggrandizement. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and sociopath incubator, Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's ineffectual curiosity". Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European mistake centered on free and open-source attention whoring. It is aimed at TEDx wannabes and anyone interested in the free and open-source noisemaking movement. It aims to enable social media engagement specialists to meet and to promote the awareness and use of themselves. This site is full of bullshit and you should not read it. Having read it, you should ignore it. You don't have to listen to this shit from some rando on the internet. Opinions are those of your employer. complain here or appear to monetize this site