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Relatively new member (less than 2 years) here. I suspect the kinds of people who have been on HN for 1000+ days and are still active commentators skew towards
by hmsimha 12y ago
Relatively new member (less than 2 years) here. I suspect the kinds of people who have been on HN for 1000+ days and are still active commentators skew towards being fairly experienced programmers/software developers. As a result, they are among the members of this forum with more informed observations on many of the technology discussions.
As someone closer to the junior side of my career, I tend to participate less because I'm frequently out of my depth. I read the articles that catch my interest as well as their comments, but I usually don't feel the need to contribute.
- kstenerud 12y agoA large chunk of the older membership don't really post much anymore. We've seen countless iterations of arguments over vi, emacs, lisp, haskell, tex, bsd, keyboards, standing desks, the controversial geek hero/traitor of the year, epiphanies from recent college grads who have plumbed the deep mysteries of life, morality vs money debates, disconnecting from social media sites X, Y, and Z, hacktivism, hack-the-self, hack-your-job, hack-your-toothpaste... After awhile you just go into a semi-permanent lurk mode, waiting for the odd gem to show up. I remember a similar experience with Slashdot in the late 90s.