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Not to mention that HN has specific technological countermeasures to prevent genuine conversations between two users from developing. Specifically, the response
by politician 4y ago
Not to mention that HN has specific technological countermeasures to prevent genuine conversations between two users from developing. Specifically, the response rate limiter and the absence of a response awareness or notification system.
- dnissley 4y agoAlso no DMs (unless you have > X karma?)
- david_allison 4y agoNo DMs: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
- cubefox 4y agoIn the old days, forums often had attached chatrooms. Forum people could hang out there and just do small talk. It seems every forum today, every subreddit, should have a chat room. Still, even this is not nearly as healthy as meeting people face to face.