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Because HN is not a social network. It's a feed you can comment on. But no need to be on HN to read HN. That's the magic of open standards that promote interop
by camus 13y ago
Because HN is not a social network. It's a feed you can comment on. But no need to be on HN to read HN. That's the magic of open standards that promote interop like RSS. All the closed social APIs are just here to lock you in the trunk. And when you decide to move on , well to bad , you lose everything ,because you need to be on the plateform to use it...
If i decide to stop going on HN i can still follow it. No need for Ycombinator to "review" the client i'm using or impose "rate limits" or whatever.
And i can then broadcast HN feed with my own feed to people who suscribe it , without them subscribing HN.
But hey , "RSS must die" people are saying ...
- VikingCoder 13y agoI'll respond to your individual points: G+ is a feed I can comment on. And you're not just reading HN (which RSS would let you do), you're commenting on it. RSS does not allow you to comment back - it's not that magic. Hacker News has convinced you to make an account, in order to comment. And I can use Google+ in a browser. Any browser. And lookie here: https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/ZLV9GdmkRzS https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/ZLV9GdmkRzS That's you, reading an article that was posted on Google+, without even logging in to Google+, which proves that Google+ can be used like any blogging software: https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts So, what exactly is your problem? Why the venom?
- k3n 13y agoBecause HN, reddit, et al. do not have a "real name" requirement, nor do they attempt to force you into making connections to others that you may not be willing to make. Using HN and reddit as an analogy is flawed though, because they do not have an extended family of products and services. If G+ was only G+, then great, that's one thing. However, G+ is required if you want to make an app review in the Play store, among other things. Neither reddit nor HN have anything remotely close to this.
- summerdown2 13y agoI agree. It's the real names requirement that put me off G+. I like having different personalities for my different online identities.