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I started using this website after downloading brave, and I typed "news" into the search bar and it automatically directed me here. I was instantly fascinated b

I started using this website after downloading brave, and I typed "news" into the search bar and it automatically directed me here. I was instantly fascinated by the diversity of articles and high quality discourse, and so I've stayed for way longer than I thought. But, yes, unfortunately, as with Reddit and Xitter, one day HN with suffer the fate of popular social media, probably not too long from now. Social control is the name of the game, and you can't win without monopolizing. I only hope Dang can hold down the fort for as long as possible; HN will be the Masada of the internet. (Well, I suppose there is still 4chan, but that's not going anywhere. 4chan will probably be around long after the death of every other social media website.)

marbartolome 3y ago
> 4chan will probably be around long after the death of every other social media website 4chan: the roaches of the Internet :)
- fennecbutt 3y ago
  Eh, I remember what it was like back in the day when it was spicy and fun, but ever since moot left and then sold it, it's just not the same. I haven't really bothered going back, I'd like to say I've grown up since being like 14 and getting pretty accustomed to seeing some pretty terrible stuff on there.
modeless 3y ago
If you're new you may not know this but the meme that HN is turning into Reddit is at least 17 years old, and has been the last entry in the Hacker News Guidelines since forever: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- DiscourseFan 3y ago
  Unfortunately, the statistics bear out differently this time.
sherburt3 3y ago
A simple way you could stop the enshitification is if you stopped it from becoming too popular in the first place, and a way you could do that is by throttling the performance of the web site to only be able to handle x amount of requests/minute.
tacocataco 3y ago
Anyone know what dang's plans are for post retirement moderation of hackernews?
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marbartolome 3y ago

> 4chan will probably be around long after the death of every other social media website 4chan: the roaches of the Internet :)

fennecbutt 3y ago
Eh, I remember what it was like back in the day when it was spicy and fun, but ever since moot left and then sold it, it's just not the same. I haven't really bothered going back, I'd like to say I've grown up since being like 14 and getting pretty accustomed to seeing some pretty terrible stuff on there.

modeless 3y ago

If you're new you may not know this but the meme that HN is turning into Reddit is at least 17 years old, and has been the last entry in the Hacker News Guidelines since forever: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

DiscourseFan 3y ago
Unfortunately, the statistics bear out differently this time.

sherburt3 3y ago

A simple way you could stop the enshitification is if you stopped it from becoming too popular in the first place, and a way you could do that is by throttling the performance of the web site to only be able to handle x amount of requests/minute.

tacocataco 3y ago

Anyone know what dang's plans are for post retirement moderation of hackernews?

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