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Most HN submissions are clickbait advertisements by startups for B2B/B2C services, clickbait amateur blog editorials looking for subscribers, tutorials for newb
by 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
Most HN submissions are clickbait advertisements by startups for B2B/B2C services, clickbait amateur blog editorials looking for subscribers, tutorials for newbies, conspiracy theories, spam, and literally every article posted to a major media outlet. Most comments are by amateurs that sound really confident.
Don't believe me? Go look at https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest . Maybe once a month you find something on here that is actually from an expert who knows what they're talking about and hasn't written a book on it yet, or a pet project by an incredibly talented person who has no idea it was submitted.
Source: I've been here for 14 years. That makes me a little depressed...