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Ask HN: How would you react if someone in real life asked if you've heard of HN?
How would you react if someone in real life asked whether you've heard of this "obscure website" called Hacker News?
- cpach 4y agoAs for me, I would simply respond ”sure, I’ve been a member for ages”. I have no comments here that I would be ashamed of.
- galfarragem 4y agoYup, I wouldn't mind to tell my username if asked, even to a possible employer. Your HN comments along the years are a resume of you. It's really hard to pretend here. Somebody will call your BS right away. This promotes honesty.
- anonomousename 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30838788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30838788 As long as you seem articulate, it seems like people won’t call your BS.
- galfarragem 4y ago..You just called my BS ;)
- marek_leisk2 4y agoMost clients I work with read HN. It's completely normal in my circles.
- kubanczyk 4y agoHandshake? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxZ3H5nAy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxZ3H5nAy0
- muzani 4y agoI made a RL friend here from HN - he just emailed me saying he was in the same region, and we clicked on stuff. I also work at a YC company these days. HN is mentioned a lot at work. My username is really obvious to those who work with me. I try not to comment on HN threads trending at work, because my HN comment history is cringe. On the twist side, most other friends don't know about HN. This is also the group of friends who ask "is Amazon a good place to work for tech?" The word hacker does put people off.
- WallyFunk 4y ago'Oh you mean the Orange Site where very smart people exchange techne all day and heavily critique everything new in the tech world'
- navjack27 4y ago"no, what's that? Sounds like a shady website or something." And let them explain it to me. Knowing how someone perceives a thing would inform me on if I should admit to already be using the thing.