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Perhaps you don't see the value because you don't value your time in the same way that others do. Skimming through a bunch of titles I'm not interested in does
by theduder99 4y ago
Perhaps you don't see the value because you don't value your time in the same way that others do. Skimming through a bunch of titles I'm not interested in does have a cost. The cost is exacerbated if viewing the titles via the New view which includes lots of spam. Also every news site displays hand-picked articles so nothing new there. I've often wished HN would implement a basic story categorization feature so that users could specify their preferences which would apply a basic filter to the homepage story list. Anyway kudos to the author of this new tool!
- chrisan 4y agoI question anyone willing to browse New also values their time in wading through all the spam just to be one of the first commenters in hopes of getting internet points no one cares about.
- version_five 4y agoTo add to that, there is also a lot of clickbait that, for many people, if they see it they are going to jump in, read the discussion, and comment, even if it's not particularly healthy. "Hide" can work for this, having a way to never see it in the first place could be better, for some
- optimalsolver 4y agoHacker News is, almost by conception, a time-wasting tool. We’re all here despite knowing there’s something more important we should be doing.