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I don't understand why people upvote this garbage. Do they find it funny? Or interesting?

bradhoffman 4y ago
Yes
amadeuspagel 4y ago
> The most dangerous thing for the frontpage is stuff that's too easy to upvote. If someone proves a new theorem, it takes some work by the reader to decide whether or not to upvote it. An amusing cartoon takes less. A rant with a rallying cry as the title takes zero, because people vote it up without even reading it. Paul Graham, What I've Learned from Hacker News[1] [1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html
- hnfong 4y ago
  He just explained why facebook and instagram feeds are just an endless stream of cat videos and scantily clad girls.
- chaorace 4y ago
  Worth noting... he says this to contrast his surprise at how well the system works in the paragraph immediately prior: > I once thought I'd have to weight votes to keep crap off the frontpage, but I haven't had to yet. I wouldn't have predicted the frontpage would hold up so well, and I'm not sure why it has. Perhaps only the more thoughtful users care enough to submit and upvote links, so the marginal cost of one random new user approaches zero. Or perhaps the frontpage protects itself, by advertising what type of submission is expected.
bszupnick 4y ago
For me, at least, It's just nice to see a perfectly useful, quirky "thing" on the internet that isn't monetized or having some ulterior motives. Hearkens back to that feeling of all of us being internet citizens and laughing that I'm not the only one that makes this mistake. Maybe I'm looking into it too much, though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
theodric 4y ago
certainly funny, too shallow to be interesting
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Good domain, terrible execution. A copy of the GH home page but every image replaced with Strong Sad... now that's got potential. Or any number of other better uses of the domain name.
tailspin2019 4y ago
I'm normally in favour of lighthearted stuff (to a degree), but in this case I agree with you. It seems a bit too low effort to warrant the high number of upvotes...
zach_garwood 4y ago
Calm down. There are plenty of other, more serious links for you to click on this site. No need to be a buzzkill.
legrande 4y ago
It's a Single Serving Site[0]. Not every URL needs to be a big diatribe of text. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-serving_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-serving_site [0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/single-serving-site https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/single-serving-site
wbecher 4y ago
Yes.
seydor 4y ago
It's the abstract art of posts

Yes

> The most dangerous thing for the frontpage is stuff that's too easy to upvote. If someone proves a new theorem, it takes some work by the reader to decide whether or not to upvote it. An amusing cartoon takes less. A rant with a rallying cry as the title takes zero, because people vote it up without even reading it. Paul Graham, What I've Learned from Hacker News[1] [1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html

hnfong 4y ago
He just explained why facebook and instagram feeds are just an endless stream of cat videos and scantily clad girls.
chaorace 4y ago
Worth noting... he says this to contrast his surprise at how well the system works in the paragraph immediately prior: > I once thought I'd have to weight votes to keep crap off the frontpage, but I haven't had to yet. I wouldn't have predicted the frontpage would hold up so well, and I'm not sure why it has. Perhaps only the more thoughtful users care enough to submit and upvote links, so the marginal cost of one random new user approaches zero. Or perhaps the frontpage protects itself, by advertising what type of submission is expected.

bszupnick 4y ago

For me, at least, It's just nice to see a perfectly useful, quirky "thing" on the internet that isn't monetized or having some ulterior motives. Hearkens back to that feeling of all of us being internet citizens and laughing that I'm not the only one that makes this mistake. Maybe I'm looking into it too much, though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

theodric 4y ago

certainly funny, too shallow to be interesting

yamtaddle 4y ago
Good domain, terrible execution. A copy of the GH home page but every image replaced with Strong Sad... now that's got potential. Or any number of other better uses of the domain name.

tailspin2019 4y ago

I'm normally in favour of lighthearted stuff (to a degree), but in this case I agree with you. It seems a bit too low effort to warrant the high number of upvotes...

zach_garwood 4y ago

Calm down. There are plenty of other, more serious links for you to click on this site. No need to be a buzzkill.

legrande 4y ago

It's a Single Serving Site[0]. Not every URL needs to be a big diatribe of text. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-serving_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-serving_site [0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/single-serving-site https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/single-serving-site

wbecher 4y ago

Yes.

seydor 4y ago

It's the abstract art of posts