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> HN represents a wellspring of deeper reading than is generally afforded by the current entertainment cruft portals of the web - reddit, FB, insta, USA today,
by politelemon 5y ago
> HN represents a wellspring of deeper reading than is generally afforded by the current entertainment cruft portals of the web - reddit, FB, insta, USA today, financial times, etc etc down to the SEO hellholes of recipe sites, youtube product placement; you get the idea.
HN _thinks_ it represents a wellspring of deeper reading just like every other site mentioned also thinks. Same as the others it is a shallow echo chamber, and reading through TFA it's pretty easy to see the behaviors described being here too. We should not fall into the hubris of assuming we are 'better' than others.
- beeboop 5y agoI agree - HN is still an echo chamber rage machine, and people engage in the outrage and negativity on HN as much as reddit or twitter or facebook or whatever. Yes there's also articles mixed in about some niche technology topic sometimes too.
- matwood 5y agoAgree. I purposely spend less time on HN now because it's a lot of the same thing over and over that I realize I get sucked into. A site like https://techurls.com/ https://techurls.com/ lets me see what's trending without getting sucked into the comments. As far as books go, I read every night and usually bounce between entertainment and usefulness.
- politelemon 5y agoThank you for this, techurls looks like something I didn't know I needed!
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoExactly. The parent comment is the funniest thing I've read since seeing someone on Reddit claim the same about that site a couple of days ago.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI like the irony that most people probably didn’t read the article (or hardly ever read the articles) and yet agree that the content they find on HN must be so deep and that we’re special.
- fknorangesite 5y agoHah, I know, right? Few things make me roll my eyes quite like HN's general sense of self-satisfaction. Yes, I realize I'm here too.