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TBH, it's very optimistic to think that anything really will change in the HN code. People have suggested tons of improvements and nothing ever changes - perhap
by rythie 14y ago
TBH, it's very optimistic to think that anything really will change in the HN code. People have suggested tons of improvements and nothing ever changes - perhaps it shows that even if we don't improve our products people still keep coming back anyway.
- pbhjpbhj 14y agoThe product here is not the interface it's the social network - the people - and interactions that enables. There is much to improve (page titles, semantic urls, recording of moderator edits, ...) but none of that is likely unless a sufficient quora of top contributors force the issue or decide to move (r/hackernews anyone!?). That in turn is unlikely because of the association with pg and ycombinator. That's my take.
- Silhouette 14y agoThe product here is not the interface it's the social network - the people - and interactions that enables. Exactly. Plenty of people cry foul every time Facebook update their UI or make another attempt to violate everyone's privacy, but as long as a critical mass of people continue to use it, Facebook will remain the default tool for the social networks of those people. If it works at that scale, it surely goes for small/niche discussion sites as well.
- briandear 14y agoIs Hacker News Craigslisting? Def Craigslisting: adhering to what has been working despite the howls of people that 'know better'
- TillE 14y agoVote totals were hidden not too long ago, though I suppose that's a very small change in terms of the amount of code altered.
- rythie 14y agoI find that very annoying, since it's harder to work out if I should read replies to comments when there are very few of them.