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I often come to HN for the discussions, not for the links themselves, and unfortunately that's something missing in "New". It happens quite often that the submi
by ghgr 5y ago
I often come to HN for the discussions, not for the links themselves, and unfortunately that's something missing in "New". It happens quite often that the submission itself is not terribly interesting (e.g. a blog post ranting about some database engine), but nonetheless it spawns a fascinating discussion, filled with first-hand anecdotes and other insights.
So when I browser "New" I usually upvote submissions that have potential to create an interesting discussion (so I upvote what I believe _other_ people will find interesting, in a Keynesian beauty contest way).
- holistio 5y agoSame here. I come to HN to sense the heartbeat of the industry. What are the opinions, the controversies, the trends, the public sentiment. It's not even the technicalities that interest me herer.
- capableweb 5y ago> the public sentiment Mostly the same here, but I also realize HN is such a tiny slice of the public that sometimes you get a opinion it feels like is generally agreed upon because every single HN user subscribes to that idea, but when you come out in the afk world it turns out most people just don't give a shit about it.