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I can see the "be curious" vibe of HN here. However, I can't shake off the feeling that this is just a low effort carryover from bygone /r/askreddit discussions
by DoingIsLearning 3y ago
I can see the "be curious" vibe of HN here. However, I can't shake off the feeling that this is just a low effort carryover from bygone /r/askreddit discussions.
- OJFord 3y agoVoting will take care of it. It's a bit chicken/egg though: I could see myself voting for this if it had some nice comments. There are things I've bought after seeing them discussed/recommended on HN, and I've even used hn.algolia.com to find them again or even see if something in that category has been discussed/recommended here. (Green Bell nail clippers the most recent example, so the one I can remember. Ha.)
- skummetmaelk 3y agoThis definitely screams Reddit content and feels off for HN.
- jjwtieke 3y agoSorry. Won’t do again.
- awiesenhofer 3y agoNah, there have been lots of similar threads over the years on HN. There is also at least one "whats the best thing you bought this year?"-post around the holidays almost every year. So I'd say this is totally within HN tradition.
- q1w2 3y agoThe difference is the quality of the answers. Reddit these days is mostly teenagers creating low-effort outrage, jokes, and noise.
- thiht 3y agoSimilar threads have the same kind of answers we can find here on HN https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/15b3wld/what_can_you_buy_for_less_than_50_that_will/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/15b3wld/what_can_you_b... https://www.reddit.com/r/LivingAlone/comments/14x2vka/what_are_life_changing_things_that_i_should_buy/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LivingAlone/comments/14x2vka/what_a...