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God, yeah. I miss that higher-quality version of LifeHacker. There was always fluff but the original incarnation was pretty cool. I remember when the original

God, yeah. I miss that higher-quality version of LifeHacker. There was always fluff but the original incarnation was pretty cool. I remember when the original founder (Gina Trapani) stepped aside, it sounded to me like she was burnt out on the "post 76786 updates a day, no matter what" business model that they'd found themselves stuck with... although, she was the one at the helm, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The idea of posting about multiple new "life hacks" per freaking day is just so obviously absurd. Life is hackable but not that hackable. Hell, I wouldn't mind a much slower version of that site. 1-2 thoughtful articles a week. Then maybe 1-2 roundup posts of smaller news items. Call it Slowhacker.

Semaphor 4y ago
When Gina ran it, it was amazing. It was still a good site after she left. But later it became a US-only (whenever I looked at it, most things were only relevant to the US, if at all) almost-spam site, it was really sad.
codethief 4y ago
> Call it Slowhacker. I like that name! In the same vein I wish there were a site Slownews with, say, weekly or biweekly summaries & in-depth analyses of what's happening in the world (politics, economics et cetera). Sure, lots of things are happening around the world all the time but most of them are just noise. And even if they're not noise and very relevant to me, it usually takes the media a day or two to go beyond the breaking-news!-I-have-no-idea-what's-happening-and-yet-I-am-reporting-about-it quality level and piece together everything into a coherent analysis. But, by that time, no one is spelling out the essential facts anymore because journalists silently assume you've been following the 24/7 news cycle all along. But doing that just feels exhausting.