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Hacker News is for human beings to share stories they find interesting so that other human beings can discuss those stories to gratify their intellectual curios
by krapp 1y ago
Hacker News is for human beings to share stories they find interesting so that other human beings can discuss those stories to gratify their intellectual curiosity. Automating that process with the goal of maximizing visibility and karma defeats the intended goal of the forum.
Not the actual goal, of course the actual goal of Hacker News for many people is gaming SEO and startup juice.
That said, I don't doubt for a second you're right. Trust a forum of tech bros and nerds to minmax away what little joy there is left to posting here.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoSadly, I agree. I find most of the value, here, in the community commentary, though. It’s fairly remarkable. I do think people are trying to LLM that, as well, but not as successfully.
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoThe actual actual goal is to promote Ycombinator to make money for pg.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoI don't think it's that simple. It's my opinion that YC doesn't need much buzz, except within this very community. Since they own the venue, they get the benefit. I think that a goal is to "cultivate" a startup community. Get nerds and tech bros together, and some synergy is bound to happen. I'm not trying to start anything up, but I do enjoy the community. I'm not really what YC is looking for, but I suspect they like me, more than an LLM.