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No mention of Usenet :-(. It scores on many of the points you mentioned (Reddit subreddits come close.) I'm sad this part of the net has been fading into obscu
by aerique 14y ago
No mention of Usenet :-(. It scores on many of the points you mentioned (Reddit subreddits come close.)
I'm sad this part of the net has been fading into obscurity the last ten years especially since its alternatives have proven to be inadequate. Its greatest power was it being decentralised and thus couldn't be policed by anyone, the variety and custom readers.
Its greatest weak point was perhaps the trolls. Maybe others can supply more weaknesses?
Really, what does Hackernews as a website have over f.e. a newsgroup alt.news.hackers?
- aw3c2 14y agoVoting, a threaded display that does not break, no insane quoting, some markup, karma
- aerique 14y agoAgreed on most of your points except a lot of news readers supported the basic markup for bold, italics, underline, etc. one now sees in Markdown & friends.
- DanBC 14y agoI agree that Usenet was fantastic. > what does Hackernews as a website have over f.e. a newsgroup alt.news.hackers? Communal voting? > Its greatest weak point was perhaps the trolls. Maybe others can supply more weaknesses? A rigid definition of what counts as spam (Breidbart index)? People using all kinds of domains in the From: header. That's a problem because bots scrape the from header for sending spam, and there's nothing to stop people using valid domains that don't belong to them.
- stared 14y agoNo up/down voting (so when a discussion get's longer you can track only the most valuable posts). <nostalgia>But otherwise... I miss Usenet so much. I was raised by Usenet, it shaped my life philosophy, I found my best friend there, not to mention knowledge I got.</nostalgia> So, maybe time to write a "Usenet 2.0", with: - up/downvotes, - markdown, - tags?