Ask HN: What has HN given you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#91

Post by ne01 » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:50 AM UTC

sytse wrote: post #31

It gave me a job, a company, and a sense of purpose. In 2012 I did a Show HN for GitLab.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 Today we are 1800 contributors and a company of 220 on a mission to ensure that everyone can contribute.

You only got ~60 upvotes?

Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#92

Post by el_benhameen » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:50 AM UTC

rdiddly wrote: post #56

A place to hang out (as it were) on the internet that is... ...connected to the tech scene ...ad-free ...not a "social network" in the usual data-harvesting sense ...slim, fast-loading, not riddled with bloat and bullshit ...not plagued quite so badly as the rest of the society "out there" by certain degenerate tendencies in what passes for discourse ...more interested in ideas and substance than in what color car th…

There’s a lot to be said for the “slim, fast-loading” bit! HN is my go-to “is my internet connection at all functional?” web page. And when T-Mobile cuts me off when I run over my data allotment each month, at least I can read the comments.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#93

Post by adjkant » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:52 AM UTC

A daily reminder of how far the tech community has to go socially and morally, and hopefully a chance to help change that in a positive direction.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#94

Post by justboxing » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:53 AM UTC

(mostly) political news-free content, but I'm here mostly for the comments, 'Show HN' and 'Ask HN' posts.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#95

Post by pavanlimo » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:53 AM UTC

ne01 wrote: post #91

sytse wrote: post #31

It gave me a job, a company, and a sense of purpose. In 2012 I did a Show HN for GitLab.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 Today we are 1800 contributors and a company of 220 on a mission to ensure that everyone can contribute.

You only got ~60 upvotes? Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.

I believe 60 upvotes at the time is probably equal to >150 upvotes today.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#96

Post by fogleman » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:53 AM UTC

An audience.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#97

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#98

Post by dsfyu404ed » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

rdiddly wrote: post #56

A place to hang out (as it were) on the internet that is... ...connected to the tech scene ...ad-free ...not a "social network" in the usual data-harvesting sense ...slim, fast-loading, not riddled with bloat and bullshit ...not plagued quite so badly as the rest of the society "out there" by certain degenerate tendencies in what passes for discourse ...more interested in ideas and substance than in what color car th…

..full of people who's views differ from mine that I can have good arguments with.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#99

Post by sytse » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:56 AM UTC

pavanlimo wrote: post #95

ne01 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You only got ~60 upvotes? Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.

I believe 60 upvotes at the time is probably equal to >150 upvotes today.

Yeah, I felt it was pretty good at the time. BTW my comment here has 110 upvotes, many more people on HN then in 2012.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

#100

Post by decision_tree » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:56 AM UTC

Knowledge and company for people building knowledge companies.