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... so why doesn’t Hacker News do any of that? Isn’t it ironic that it was built by a Silicon Valley VC?
by mattcwilson 4y ago
... so why doesn’t Hacker News do any of that? Isn’t it ironic that it was built by a Silicon Valley VC?
- rchaud 4y agoLikely for the same reasons that many of the architects of social media UX design and recommendation algorithms don't let their kids use those apps.
- krapp 4y agoIt's an intentional design choice on the part of the author to only attract a certain kind of user (the kind that cares about information and nothing else) who likely conforms to pg's ideal culture fit of a 'good hacker,' and scare away everyone else.