Theres 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 (tikt

Theres 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.