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Ask HN: People who visit /new, how do you prevent it from overwhelming you?
Edit: Post title originally said "Curators" in place of "People who visit". As this was causing some confusion, I edited it to make it more clear.
- fsflover 5y agoAFAIK there are no "curators". Everyone can go and vote there when they have time. I do sometimes.
- hidden-spyder 5y agoI meant visitors/upvoters when I said curators. Edited title for clarity.
- fsflover 5y agoMy reply would not change. Because there are no specific people responsible for that, everyone upvotes the submissions whenever they want, without any pressure.
- skulk 5y agoNot a curator (I upvote posts on /new but not sure if curator means more than that) I come to /new when I feel like leaving comments; the chance that my comment will be the first that many people see definitely makes me think a bit harder about what I write. To avoid getting overwhelmed, I press Ctrl-W.
- hidden-spyder 5y agoI meant visitors/upvoters when I said curators. Edited title for clarity.
- h2odragon 5y agoWho are these "curators?" I'm looking at "new" all the time but its not a "job", its a high quality link feed. if some goes by i dindt see then i dont feel ive missed something important. Put unkindly: there's numerous bullshit fountains to sip from. Don't think you need to consume all of any of them. Sample widely. The varied flavors are the best part of the experience.
- hidden-spyder 5y agoI meant visitors/upvoters when I said curators. Edited title for clarity.
- runjake 5y agoIf I feel it overwhelms me, I practice self-discipline and stop looking at it for a while.