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To be fair almost all of Hacker News is a vapid waste of time too
by whomst 4y ago
To be fair almost all of Hacker News is a vapid waste of time too
- jhugo 4y agoBut the 10~20% that is very high quality is worth it. The link to something interesting that starts a meaningful, nuanced discussion that often includes people close to the topic at hand. I've never seen that kind of content on other social media.
- whomst 4y agoThere are meaningful things on other social media that make them Pareto distributed too and I disagree that the SNR of HN is higher than elsewhere
- jhugo 4y agoWell, that's the point of my comment - HN to me has much higher SNR. Would love to learn how to find the meaningful things on other social media without scrolling through the 99.9% of noise.