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Sadly, HN top becomes more and more occupied with general news instead of content relevant to the hacker mind. I guess that people give like to mainstream news
by greatgib 1y ago
Sadly, HN top becomes more and more occupied with general news instead of content relevant to the hacker mind.
I guess that people give like to mainstream news when they support the background topic instead of liking what is worth a read on topic or what is an unusual curious gem.
Here is probably the sad effect of not having a general news equivalent or that good news reader and aggregators have quite disappeared. Maybe also because Google news sucks more and more everyday relying on AI to "feed" us content.
- xrhobo 1y agoI think the issue is it is a like an old forum but without an "off topic" section. "off topic" with a group of like minded people around a central theme was always something I enjoyed about the old internet forum days. The current configuration might be best though.A purely hacker news off topic over time would just become a completely off topic discussion.
- bendigedig 1y agoWe are entering a time of great uncertainty and change. To me it is natural that people wish to discuss it here.
- thinkingemote 1y agoWe can flag it if we dont want to see it and I do for many general news items. Personally I don't mind this one as it's directed towards technology and AI.