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FWIW on HN circa 2012 when I joined, there were people I thought were biz heroes who posted here and that made the place feel smaller, and that dynamic is gone
by jparishy 2y ago
FWIW on HN circa 2012 when I joined, there were people I thought were biz heroes who posted here and that made the place feel smaller, and that dynamic is gone I think. I’m not sure it can be manufactured again either, in the age of personal brands
Plus I think in 2025 people might be too negative and less likely to break the mold socially than in 2012. However I think that’s also an exploitable situation ‘cause it means less smart people trying to compete against you?
- diggan 2y agoI also joined around 2012, had the same impression as you, but I still have that impression today, just that I stopped seeing anyone as a hero. But I frequently end up coming across comments that were written by people who worked on my favorite childhood PC game/book/website for example, still to this day. /bestcomments is a great place to discover these types of comments, in case someone has missed it: https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments
- jparishy 2y agoI think by biz heroes I mean people who I believe I can emulate and therefore want to be around more, which creates a feedback loop that makes me excited to start companies— which happened to me. I know they’re still amazing folks here, but is the feedback loop? With the passage of time I’m not who they want in the big end of that funnel anymore anyway, so maybe I just don’t see it. But the founder class back then had an appeal that they don’t today to me. I’m sure it’s naïveté but I believed people wanted to change the world back then (while making money) and it was inspiring. Now I only believe people are in it for money, which is the opposite of inspiring