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> Unfortunately whatever HN is using routinely blocks my login with "Sorry." I believe that's the HN application itself, not a WAF in front of it.
by duskwuff 3mo ago
> Unfortunately whatever HN is using routinely blocks my login with "Sorry."
I believe that's the HN application itself, not a WAF in front of it.
- asdfsa32 3mo agoHN is surprisingly very very guilty of a whole lot of anti-user patterns and behaviour that other companies get regularly lamented. Poor accessibility, bad mobile support, no options to delete content beyond a narrow window.
- hurfdurf 3mo agono options to delete content beyond a narrow window. Good.
- asdfsa32 3mo agohurfdurf says it is okay to keep material online forever. It is easy to say that when you publish as hurfdurf.
- ambigious7777 3mo agoi personally like using http://hcker.news http://hcker.news as a reader, its much nicer
- kps 3mo agobad mobile support Good.
- nkrisc 3mo agoWhy is that good?
- kps 3mo agoIt's relatively difficult to enter and edit any significant amount of text on a phone, so phone-based discussions tend to be shallow.
- nkrisc 3mo agoThat’s a terrible justification, and I would question if it’s even true. Is there anything to support that conclusion or is it just a guess you’ve made? Because I don’t buy it. There is no time limit for discussions. One can take as much time as they like to enter text on their phone. Also if they’re motivated by the discussion they may take the time and make the effort to write thoughtful replies. Finally, there’s no reason that users visiting on desktop computers won’t make equally shallow remarks. Shallow online discussions have existed long before smartphones existed. Sent from my iPhone.
- asdfsa32 3mo agoIf Bad Mobile support is good why does your own website handles mobile differently?
- pocksuppet 3mo agoPoor accessibility Good.
- seff 3mo agoI think you just described most of the reason I like it. Plain text sites tend to scale text, allow pinch to zoom, and are just generally faster. Post deletion we've seen used for manipulation on other sites, it's a sticky topic. HN seems to want you to stand by your word, so it makes sense here.