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It is an important part of the world's media ecosystem. Like much of the rest of the serious (not pure entertainment) part of the ecosystem, its importance mig
by hollerith 1y ago
It is an important part of the world's media ecosystem.
Like much of the rest of the serious (not pure entertainment) part of the ecosystem, its importance might decline soon as AI services get better, but I have seen no signs of that yet.
- alganet 1y agoCan you elaborate? It is unclear if you see it as a press-wannabe that doesn't quite live up to expectation, or if you see it as something beyond press that is meant to replace it.
- hollerith 1y agoI used "media ecosystem" instead of "press" because I do not care to get involved in any attempt to define "press". I don't see HN as not living up to expectation. I do think that it has partially replaced older media institutions in the battle for the attention of and influence on influential and informed people.
- alganet 1y agoThere you go, your answer indicates that you see it as beyond the press and aimed to replace it ("beyond it's traditional definition"). My question is tricky (in a good sense). I want to get people involved in the discussion of what the press means. What "news" means.
- hollerith 1y agoWell, yeah, its format and the way it does what it does would certainly surprise someone living in 1980 or even 1990. We could say the same thing about Wikipedia of course.
- alganet 1y agoHow is HN different from a niche magazine about a specific subject? I mean, I know some differences, but you hinted at something that I think deserves more exposition.