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Not that all entries of Show HN are shining, but I'd rather read about people's creations, rather than "Can we guess which teenagers will binge drink" and some

Not that all entries of Show HN are shining, but I'd rather read about people's creations, rather than "Can we guess which teenagers will binge drink" and some of the other popular garbage that shows up on HN. We need more news that connects us and lets us know how we can help each other via our creations.

lucb1e 12y ago
Isn't that what /show is for? I personally just don't have the time to play with and use all the products that people around here make, I'm on Hacker News for the general (hacker) news; not hacker productions. I agree that the drinking teenagers link isn't too interesting and I haven't read it (but I saw it too), but it still is closer to the kind of news I'm looking for than all the Show HN's. I see what you mean and there sure is an audience for connecting hackers/makers with each other, but I think /show does that better than the front page. Of course if I'm wrong, the show stories will be upvoted enough and I'll need to find another website for my news. Nothing wrong with that. I just think that the current amount of Show HN's is a bit too much and, since we have /show now, maybe we should weigh them down or make it an option field (even if the current volume is only due to the announcement).
- PeterGriffin 12y ago
  For this to work, it has to have at least a specific community volume, and it won't have that volume if it's buried as a link in that obscure menu up there, while the homepage of HN is "regular" news. Power of defaults, and so on. A better deal would be a portal home page showing some news, some Show HN entries, and maybe other sections that can be added.
  - click170 12y ago
    How about an option to not show them at all then? I mean, I enjoy seeing a few of them a day show up on the front page, but when more than half the front page is nothing but Show HN that detracts from my experience, though it may not have the same impact for you. If the default is to show them and to allow them to whiteout the front page, I would rather have an option to not see them at all personally, which I do think is unfortunate but that's how I feel. I enjoy HN for the news and light sprinkling of Show HN, not the other way around. Edit: fixed typo
    - aerique 12y ago
      Give it some time, it'll pass. There's the Erlang days sometimes or whenever Apple releases something I don't want to read HN for a couple of days either.

lucb1e 12y ago

Isn't that what /show is for? I personally just don't have the time to play with and use all the products that people around here make, I'm on Hacker News for the general (hacker) news; not hacker productions. I agree that the drinking teenagers link isn't too interesting and I haven't read it (but I saw it too), but it still is closer to the kind of news I'm looking for than all the Show HN's. I see what you mean and there sure is an audience for connecting hackers/makers with each other, but I think /show does that better than the front page. Of course if I'm wrong, the show stories will be upvoted enough and I'll need to find another website for my news. Nothing wrong with that. I just think that the current amount of Show HN's is a bit too much and, since we have /show now, maybe we should weigh them down or make it an option field (even if the current volume is only due to the announcement).

PeterGriffin 12y ago
For this to work, it has to have at least a specific community volume, and it won't have that volume if it's buried as a link in that obscure menu up there, while the homepage of HN is "regular" news. Power of defaults, and so on. A better deal would be a portal home page showing some news, some Show HN entries, and maybe other sections that can be added.
- click170 12y ago
  How about an option to not show them at all then? I mean, I enjoy seeing a few of them a day show up on the front page, but when more than half the front page is nothing but Show HN that detracts from my experience, though it may not have the same impact for you. If the default is to show them and to allow them to whiteout the front page, I would rather have an option to not see them at all personally, which I do think is unfortunate but that's how I feel. I enjoy HN for the news and light sprinkling of Show HN, not the other way around. Edit: fixed typo
  - aerique 12y ago
    Give it some time, it'll pass. There's the Erlang days sometimes or whenever Apple releases something I don't want to read HN for a couple of days either.