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I would say it is way more healthier if the community progresses and moves on to something else rather than HN changing. Successful platforms desperately tryin
by onemorepassword 14y ago
I would say it is way more healthier if the community progresses and moves on to something else rather than HN changing.
Successful platforms desperately trying to expand their usefulness or audience has rarely been a good thing.
Which is what I like about HN. It's not the 800 pound gorilla in the hacker-community space, it's not desperately trying to find commercial success and it's not locking us in with value we cannot easily leave behind.
There is room for someone else to come up with something better, and if we all move there I'm sure nobody at YC is going to lose any sleep over it.