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Hacker News used to be brimming with content. I would regularly read 50-60% of the articles. Now I read it much more like I would read Time or a newspaper - lo
by debacle 12y ago
Hacker News used to be brimming with content. I would regularly read 50-60% of the articles.
Now I read it much more like I would read Time or a newspaper - lots of fluff, lots of "marketing," and maybe 1-2 stories a day that I actually want to read.
- RankingMember 12y agoI thought so too, but I think it's just that the "newness" wears off and we start to realize that what we once thought was novel and interesting is seen as less so when the theme stays the same week after week. That and, well, there's clearly some runoff from Reddit: "Change.org Petition: Tell media not to use 'Hacker' when they mean 'Cracker'" Really?