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Just because you see some doesn’t mean they don’t.
by whiterknight 2y ago
Just because you see some doesn’t mean they don’t.
- loceng 2y agoAnd don't mention a dislike for "that one thing" too many times.
- dang 2y agoI don't know what one thing you're referring to, but a core principle of HN is to avoid repetition, and especially the repetition+indignation combo, which is the commonest and most tedious thing on the internet. So to me it sounds like you're referring to HN working as intended, regardless of what the thing is. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- loceng 2y agoOh certainly, and the way you have designed it is doing what you want - it seems to work for you - along with causing unmeasurable externalized consequences, but to each their own. Repetition doesn't bother me personally, especially when understanding that what's repetition for one may be novel for another. I can understand you being in your position of having to scour HN reports - and that you'll likely see a far higher percentage of content and comments than most, etc, and that it could certainly take a toll and easily become annoying.
- dang 2y agoNow there are two phrases I'm curious to know what you mean by! "that one thing" and "unmeasurable externalized consequences"
- loceng 2y agoI have lots of thoughts written in draft notes, hopefully someday in the next few years it'll be worthwhile to compile it all and polish into a blog post; part of it has been studying behaviour associated with how various platforms similar mechanisms vary - HN vs. Reddit vs. Facebook vs. etc.