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So what makes Haker News great is a lot of "features" that it doesn't have. How ironic that others spend so much resources adding features that are ultimately
by MatthiasWandel 4y ago
So what makes Haker News great is a lot of "features" that it doesn't have. How ironic that others spend so much resources adding features that are ultimately detrimental.
But I guess it's a matter of who the audience is. If you want to appeal to the masses, some of these "features" probably do help.
- h2odragon 4y agoTheres a "filtering for higher abstractions" argument to be made here, which can be applied to the whole internet. Usenet was great, but casual video chat (tiktok) obviously grabs more people. I have a suspicion many of the people who really enjoy HN, problably dislike much video and audio content; at least consuming less of it proportional to the general population. I read faster than anyone talks and tfind text more efficient; I expect others share that. And also that there are other reasons people prefer text.