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I may be in the minority, but I actually rarely visit HN’s homepage, but rather follow @newsyc150 on Twitter, and just get a feed of articles that hit 150 votes
by jader201 5y ago
I may be in the minority, but I actually rarely visit HN’s homepage, but rather follow @newsyc150 on Twitter, and just get a feed of articles that hit 150 votes (there are other increments, too).
It’s not overwhelming — I generally feel it hits the sweet spot of signal-to-noise. I only pull up Twitter a few times a day, and scan to find interesting things there. My Twitter feed is generally light — I don’t follow any individuals, only sites I want to see updates on without having to poll them.
- henriquemaia 5y agoFunny, but I do exactly the same. My source, however, is Telegram's channel @hacker_news_feed. As you said, the signal-to-noise ratio hits that sweet spot that keeps me out of HN's front page for a long time.
- paganel 5y ago> but I actually rarely visit HN’s homepage, I really like the HN front-page, it gives me a sensation of comfort (so to speak), of how the Internet should have been but unfortunately it is not: very fast-loading page, all text, a basic color-scheme that hasn't changed in a while.
- khazhoux 5y agoI hate April Fool's Day, but this made me think how hilarious it would be if HN front page had a banner ad. And not even an over-the-top one... just a simple banner ad, quietly ruining HN.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoHN is what SlashDot was 15-20 years ago.
- slothtrop 5y agospot on
- raxxorrax 5y agoI still cannot really recapitulate what made me leave, but tech journalism in general became quite insufferable. It all read like scam and advertising at some point. It went from "stuff that matters" to something else.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoTrue. But the comments and community is what i meant, too.
- raxxorrax 5y agoYeah, that changed too. But I think the reason for that is that many left.
- artemave 5y agoI came here through @Hn251 on Twitter
- spicymaki 5y agoI am enjoying @newsyc150. It cuts through the cruft. Thanks for the recommendation.