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Feels almost as bad as opening a HN story and discovering that the only content is a whiny tweet/mastadon about a minor annoyance.
by kristofferR 5y ago
Feels almost as bad as opening a HN story and discovering that the only content is a whiny tweet/mastadon about a minor annoyance.
- dredmorbius 5y agoYou're welcome to go through the New submissions list, or my submissions, or any other user's, and upvote the more substantial content. Trust me, I do try to steer discussion in directions I think would prove more valuable for HN and its readers. There's some help in this through the 2nd Chance and invited submissions queues. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/invited https://news.ycombinator.com/invited That said, the hivemind has certain rather predictably-popular themes. I wish myself it would steer more substantive, but site mechanics make that challenging. That said, the unanimity of the response, given the ubiquity of the practice, shines a light on, oh, say, the "consumer value" arguemnt usually put forth. And that's possibly worth noting.