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Ask HN: What Makes HN Addictive?
- eimrine 4y agoFor me it is inability to load any other website in some of my old button phones which I love. The loading problem on my phones is about missetting https on most of websites (I can not read google, wikipedia, and 99% of internets on my Blackberry).
- sn0w_crash 4y agoIt’s a niche lens to view the world through. I am blown away by some of the genius on this site. I am also amazed at how myopic people in the tech world can be and how detached these opinions are from “normies” of the real world.
- Engineering-MD 4y agoAnd the lack of insight. People in general often think they can apply their expertise in one area directly into another, which often isn’t true.
- hrgiger 4y agoInability of other websites
- _benj 4y agoIMHO the novelty factor of “learning something new” vs most other social media emphasize on empty content.