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I think you just answered your first question with your second. I guess the difference between my take on it and the OP's is that I didn't have shiny hopes tha
by apotheon 17y ago
I think you just answered your first question with your second. I guess the difference between my take on it and the OP's is that I didn't have shiny hopes that HN would turn out to be exempt from typical human nature in the long run.
- nostrademons 17y agoI'm still wondering exactly what the problem is. What's wrong with a bit of an Internet flash mob? I thought part of the reason people were eulogizing _why is that he injected a bit of whimsy into a field that's often far too serious. I don't see any problem with HN being covered with Erlang articles for one or two days of the year, just like I don't see any problem with Google including easter eggs in their product, or Slashdot being covered in fake stories on April Fools Day. For those of you shaking your heads in disappointment - how do you feel about urban flash mobs like, say, Critical Mass? Improv Anywhere? I guess I just don't see why this represents the downfall of HN.
- apotheon 17y agoThe problem is that this Erlang crap actually displaces other stuff, making it difficult to find the articles some of us would actually like to read.
- jeroen 17y agoThis meta crap also displaces other stuff.
- mmt 17y agoUrban flash mobs exploit one of the major weaknesses of cities, which, arguably, is their major strength: economy of scale through density. Personally, I (and mammals of all other species) need more space.