I definitely love reading HN, especially for the comment debates which are more entertaining, thoughtful, and intellectual. It’s also interesting sometimes to look at what posts get to be top story and also what the top story is in the NYT. I love HN for book suggestions.
Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?
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#32HN spoiled me because in contrast discussions on other platforms like reddit and youtube really lack depth and constructivism.
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#33I only read HN for the tutorials and articles on coding in various programming languages. I don't see a lot of that any more and there's a disturbing trend of AI slop splashing through the the comments.
I came here from Kuro5in after that got enshittified. I came to kuro5in from slashdot when that got enshittified. Looks like I may have to find a new home soon.
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#34Hi, yakattak. Like you, I also created my HN account in 2010. Browsing HN stopped making me happy years ago. Searching HN for individual comments that include jargon that is indicative of knowledge relating to my interests does make me happy. I search HN multiple times per day using a search shortcut that uses the following URL: https://hn.algolia.com/?type=comment&sort=byDate&query=%s
I agree with you, in general this place doesn't increase my happiness but finding insights from the submissions and more often, well crafted comments, does. This is going into my browser search shortcut - thank you!
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#35I feel HN has become a lot less philosophical, more techy over the last couple of years. The political devide can also be felt. Does it make happy? Probably not. it‘s like the news. And for tech news it’s actually quite good.
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#36The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Reasonable good faith debates are not normal on the internet! I guess we have the moderators to thank for this.
> The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web.
Well duh, when the HN team keeps censoring opinions they don't like. Is this your first day on the internet?
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#37The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Reasonable good faith debates are not normal on the internet! I guess we have the moderators to thank for this.
> The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Well duh, when the HN team keeps censoring opinions they don't like. Is this your first day on the internet?
Which opinions, specifically, do you feel that we dislike and censor? Can you link to some cases?
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#38The majority of HN participants are now, not founders themselves. Founders have to focus on signal over noise. People who are not founders focus on... whatever.
It's called Hacker News, not Founder News. It's right there in the title. Also, many of these "founders" are noise for LinkedIn . Anyone in their pajamas can start a single person LLC out of their bedroom and call themselves a "founder". Heck most don't even do that step anymore. I'm more interested with what an experienced grey beard has to say than some 20 something "founder" of some terrible, half-baked idea that…
Significantly fewer hackers than in years prior.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Well duh, when the HN team keeps censoring opinions they don't like. Is this your first day on the internet?
Which opinions, specifically, do you feel that we dislike and censor? Can you link to some cases?
This was removed by HN.
Is this an opinion that you dislike: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459594
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which opinions, specifically, do you feel that we dislike and censor? Can you link to some cases?
This was removed by HN. Is this an opinion that you dislike: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459594
That one was killed by a software filter, for reasons having nothing to do with the content. I wouldn't say we dislike the opinion, or care either way, but the comment itself was pretty low-quality. Also, trollish usernames aren't allowed on HN (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...)