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I've literally never seen a link to an HN comment go viral on social media, such that my non-HN friends would read it. It happens for blog/medium/substack posts
by humanistbot 4y ago
I've literally never seen a link to an HN comment go viral on social media, such that my non-HN friends would read it. It happens for blog/medium/substack posts all the time.
- layer8 4y agoBut for what reason? The styling?
- elliekelly 4y agoDefinitely. HN is suspiciously devoid images. To most people on the internet in 2022 that alone makes it wholly uninteresting.
- klyrs 4y agoI often wonder how the site survives without sticky autoplay videos popping up halfway down the page and covering 80% of the content...
- dotancohen 4y agoSurely it's due to the mobile application that HN is always pushing. And the invasive tracking. And the paywall. And the ads, the ads go without saying.
- bombcar 4y agoThe ads keep HN alive. But because each one only needs to sell "one product" (the job they're hiring for) nobody hardly notices them.
- easrng 4y agoIt uses images for the upvote/downvote arrows, the Y in the header, and the spacer gifs in the table layout (yes, HN uses table layouts)
- codehalo 4y agoHN reads like grumpy old tech and finance guys in Dockers pants and Alligator t-shirts stuck in 2000.
- Tao3300 4y agoThey're alligator polos, you rugrat!
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago> I've literally never seen a link to an HN comment go viral on social media I've never thought about this, but now that you've pointed it out, I'm realizing this is genuinely a fantastic feature. Sounds like yet another of the many perks of the spartan design here. All substance, with just a hint of (cascading) style.