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If you followed digg as close as I did from 05-07 and saw what happened you would feel the same way as the parent. Current HN was digg in early 05/06. Now look
by aslkjdf 18y ago
If you followed digg as close as I did from 05-07 and saw what happened you would feel the same way as the parent. Current HN was digg in early 05/06. Now look at it. It went from articles on computer science/tech at UW/google research/stanford/MSR to MSN/college humor in what seems like a flash because people flocked towards what was popularized instead of technical. I took solace in the fact there was a tech section but all those articles lost any sort of insight because the community fell apart. I recall reading explanations and watching videos about the internals of Map Reduce/GFS/Big Table soon after they were released for publication. Videos from the core kernel development team at MSR (check channel9). Understanding how Microsoft managed their software development teams from people at MS. How to ace alot of algorithm questions at interviews (mapping mazes,sorting,etc). All from digg. I recall having a brief discussion with a person at slashdot about this. I asked them if they were concerned about what digg was doing and if he thought it was the new paradigm. He didnt flinch one bit. Since slashdot was old it had been through this before. It knew that topics would quickly swerve towards "popsugar" type articles real quick. They knew need they needed editorial control and thats why slashdot is still around and kicking. I dont want to be a control freak, I just love HN and try and keep on top of the sources used!
Disclaimer: I commented on this last night in another thread in my defense for being called a sock puppet for voicing my opinion like the parent. But this comment is very relevant here.
- robg 18y agoYour account was created 10 days ago. I don't see how you've interacted with this community enough to accurately judge what direction it's headed. Why not start by submitting stuff you deem worthy? That would be a more fruitful path toward course correction.
- aslkjdf 18y agoYou can read a site and not be registered. I've been on this site for months but never chose to register an account. Found out about it on techcrunch about 6 months ago and have been reading every day since. Even shared and discuss it with my boss. Just like on digg, it took me 8 months before I joined. You can see a pattern through observation of submissions. Instead of trying to discredit me by the length of days of my account, why dont you try and just take in my point and reflect on it and then interact with me on what you think. Its a word to the wise. I am not saying panic. Panic is for morons. But many people are aware of the problems with digg and they wont be fixed using simple user guidelines.
- robg 18y agoExcept the only way to influence the direction of this community is by actually participating. And complaining about content does no good especially if you're not submitting content you deem better.
- aslkjdf 18y agoYour right. I'll stop posting comments complaining and go somewhere else. By the way, again, please try and get the point of what people say instead of trying discredit them. If you don't think i'm enough a part of the community to dawn upon you a valid observation then so be it. As if you can't spot a problem only through observation. I won't be posting here any longer. Good job building the community robg.
- robg 18y agoInstead of going elsewhere, why not simply submit content that you think is better? As for my complaints on your comments, it's very strange for me to read complaints from someone who has done nothing (quite literally) to fix the problem they're complaining about. You have that power just as much as I do. Why not make use of it?
- alexk 18y agoSometimes you need to express your opinion to start a discussion.