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Ever since HN allowed non technical news I find it actually kind of rare to have a high percent chance what I clicked on be related to coding. I see it more lik

by hwers 5y ago

Ever since HN allowed non technical news I find it actually kind of rare to have a high percent chance what I clicked on be related to coding. I see it more like an alt reddit nowadays.

dang 5y ago
HN has always allowed non technical news. The only criterion is that it gratify intellectual curiosity. Actually, this particular type of article (sensational business-related blog post, let's call it) used to appear a lot more than it does today. Note that it got flagged in this case.
api 5y ago
maxerickson 5y ago
Back in the never days. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2010-02-01 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2010-02-01
- mooreds 5y ago
  https://hn.algolia.com/?q=hn+turning+reddit https://hn.algolia.com/?q=hn+turning+reddit
- iratewizard 5y ago
  I agree that HN has for a long time been focused on interesting and illuminating posts. The past several years, though, have been marked with reddit refugees, far fewer interesting posts, and far more average midwit discussion. If you go through the comment section on posts from 10 years ago, you'll find a higher concentration of posts from C-level execs, startup founders, and experts with deep domain knowledge.
blowski 5y ago
From the guidelines: > Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dijonman2 5y ago
  I think if the person commenting truly believes it and has other substantive points the rules can and should be bent.
  - nohankyou 5y ago
    I agree, this place has turned to trash.
- karmakaze 5y ago
  > Nov 6, 2009 | on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming... > I'm at a year and a half. Hacker News is turning into Reddit. It's following the exact same path, albeit thankfully slower, and the causes behind that path—influx of users, need for attention, karma lust—aren't causes that Paul is looking to fix. > Reddit's not the worst thing in the world, but make no mistake, we're headed there. I can't say I disagree.
- ameliaquining 5y ago
  I was curious about the history of this, so I checked on the Wayback Machine. Originally (at least as of July 2014, the earliest archived date), this rule had an "if your account is less than a year old" clause. The rule went away entirely in August 2017, and then came back again in November 2018 without the clause.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
lol that's what I tell my friends: "imagine reddit with good moderation with much improved signal to noise ratio". Which I guess upon reflection of typing that isn't reddit at all, but my powers of description are very limited as I didn't do well in my writing classes.

by hwers 5y ago

Ever since HN allowed non technical news I find it actually kind of rare to have a high percent chance what I clicked on be related to coding. I see it more like an alt reddit nowadays.

dang 5y ago

HN has always allowed non technical news. The only criterion is that it gratify intellectual curiosity. Actually, this particular type of article (sensational business-related blog post, let's call it) used to appear a lot more than it does today. Note that it got flagged in this case.

api 5y ago

maxerickson 5y ago

Back in the never days. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2010-02-01 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2010-02-01

mooreds 5y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=hn+turning+reddit https://hn.algolia.com/?q=hn+turning+reddit
iratewizard 5y ago
I agree that HN has for a long time been focused on interesting and illuminating posts. The past several years, though, have been marked with reddit refugees, far fewer interesting posts, and far more average midwit discussion. If you go through the comment section on posts from 10 years ago, you'll find a higher concentration of posts from C-level execs, startup founders, and experts with deep domain knowledge.

blowski 5y ago

From the guidelines: > Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dijonman2 5y ago
I think if the person commenting truly believes it and has other substantive points the rules can and should be bent.
- nohankyou 5y ago
  I agree, this place has turned to trash.
karmakaze 5y ago
> Nov 6, 2009 | on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming... > I'm at a year and a half. Hacker News is turning into Reddit. It's following the exact same path, albeit thankfully slower, and the causes behind that path—influx of users, need for attention, karma lust—aren't causes that Paul is looking to fix. > Reddit's not the worst thing in the world, but make no mistake, we're headed there. I can't say I disagree.
ameliaquining 5y ago
I was curious about the history of this, so I checked on the Wayback Machine. Originally (at least as of July 2014, the earliest archived date), this rule had an "if your account is less than a year old" clause. The rule went away entirely in August 2017, and then came back again in November 2018 without the clause.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

lol that's what I tell my friends: "imagine reddit with good moderation with much improved signal to noise ratio". Which I guess upon reflection of typing that isn't reddit at all, but my powers of description are very limited as I didn't do well in my writing classes.