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I'm a newcomer to HN but I was amazed to find out how long it's been around. It has the feel that many of my favorite sites had in their infancy which they ine
by jasongullickson 18y ago
I'm a newcomer to HN but I was amazed to find out how long it's been around. It has the feel that many of my favorite sites had in their infancy which they inevitably loose as time goes on.
It's great to hear that the system is constantly being improved to maintain this environment, bravo.
- trickjarrett 18y agoChange is a constant on HN. Site changes, algorithms, etc. But through it all the community has remained largely tightknit and focused, which are definitely feats of their own.
- Hexstream 18y agoThere is one constant: widespread paranoia, justified or otherwise, about the quality of the site and alleged degradation. This since approximately day 1.
- trickjarrett 18y agoBecause the community here is largely composed of early adopters and tech people. People who have been part of other sites who we grew attached to and watched as they degraded around us. Is it paranoia? I don't think so. I think it's a fervent and constant vigilance against such. But even then, it's definition has changed. The acceptable topics has broadened. We held open forums through the political season to discuss whether we wanted political news, etc. So even then our definition of quality submissions has changed.
- bitdiddle 18y agoI'm just curious about this exponential delay :) I've been a member since almost the very first day I think. I rarely post but occasionally comment and read a lot. This is a great site with very good content for programmers and entrepreneurs. I do hope it stays that way!
- jasongullickson 18y agoIf nothing else it proves that this Quality is sustainable, even if the cost is eternal vigilance (which isn't so bad, and I imagine not outside the nature of the sort who frequent this site).
- swolchok 18y agoMaybe it's just me, but I thought I had been watching the site go downhill in the past month or so. I have rarely found a submission I really wanted to upmod in that time.
- Hexstream 18y agoIt's not just you, everyone thinks the site is going downhill in round-robin fashion.
- TrevorJ 18y agoThat sentiment needs to be carved in marble and displayed prominently in Washington DC.
- stcredzero 18y agoReminds me of a joke used by a couple of musicians I respect: "This one starts out slow, then sorta tapers off from there..."
- TrevorJ 18y agoI is, I think, due to this change constant that the site still feels new. since, in some senses it always is new becasue of the subtle changes.