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They keep mentioning "innovation". What's innovative about shoveling mindless junk in people's faces 24x7? We've got a lot of these platforms already. Do we nee
by rconti 10mo ago
They keep mentioning "innovation". What's innovative about shoveling mindless junk in people's faces 24x7? We've got a lot of these platforms already. Do we need an even MORE mindless one to dethrone TikTok? Is that a win for literally anyone other than investors?
- eli 10mo agoIs TikTok fundamentally different from HN in some way? Seems like you could say that about any platform you don't like.
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- criddell 10mo agoI don't think HN has ever claimed to be especially innovative.
- hashstring 10mo agoFundamentally it’s super different from HN, what do you mean?
- rconti 10mo agoThe short video platforms are almost exclusively individual-algorithmic garbage-recommending platforms designed for maximum passivity. A couple major differences here are: * Not video * Meant more for commmunity/interactivity * Not individual algorithmic So a site like this optimizes for most-user-upvoted content, to try to surface content that is found interesting by people who are presumably somewhat like you. That seems pretty different from a self-serving platform that optimizes for whatever keeps you from blinking.
- insane_dreamer 10mo ago> Is TikTok fundamentally different from HN in some way? absolutely! - not ad driven - not follower / likes driven (yes, there's karma but there's no concept of following people, notifications for likes, etc.) - not engagement driven - not algorithmically driven (yes, the home page is, but you can just do /active for example, or /new ; I rarely go the home page) - there isn't an endless amount of "new content" - no hosted content (you have to link to something to show it) - no revenue