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How refreshing. As a recent refugee from Reddit, I've seen far too much of the tiresome practice of using "fail" to mean "let's belittle & humiliate someone".
by ggchappell 18y ago
How refreshing.
As a recent refugee from Reddit, I've seen far too much of the tiresome practice of using "fail" to mean "let's belittle & humiliate someone". So I was a bit worried when I saw this on the front page of HN. It's nice to see the word used to mean "this didn't work well; how can we do better?".
- brandnewlow 18y agoThanks. The word "fail" is actually an allusion to the parking meter story, which used it to great effect. I am a huge Reddit/Digg fan (though the new Digg bar is indefensible.) I think what those two sites have done is unleashed a generation of writers and publishers, confident that they now have a tool to find an audience when they make something really great. But for those writers who want to dig into local issues, there is no tool like that. When I came to Chicago for j-school and was pumping out stories every day, I had no way to put them in front of people. And my stuff died a quick death on Digg because it just didn't belong. That's not a bad thing, it's just how it is. So I've spent the last year creating a solution in Chicago. This post was written to celebrate a bit of a milestone and also to point out to local publishers that they should stop chasing the fools gold of Digg's front page and come join up with us. :)
- jrmurad 18y agoI'd prefer to see it as "failure"