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I think pg mentioned it's so that people don't use HN as a blog. People come here for interesting stories.
by sillysaurus3 12y ago
I think pg mentioned it's so that people don't use HN as a blog. People come here for interesting stories.
- cLeEOGPw 12y agoI don't know what changed from the beginning of this project to current state, but at first almost every article on first page were really interesting. Now for some time I noticed I am lucky if even one of the posts in first page catches my attention so much that I actually click it. It just seems that at first there were stories that united everyone, that were almost universally interesting to all readers. Now there seems to be very much specialization, where unless you know that specific area of expertise, the story won't be that interesting. This coupled with the fact that interesting stories often lose traction because of comment penalizing makes all "top rated" stories really dull.