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thanks hopefully this can stay near the top for a while. been getting a lot of off topic posts again recently; adverts, thinly veiled spam, repeat posts etc. one thing i do wish hn had is a link/title checker to stop people all linking to same story hours or days apart.
I'm pretty sure if you try to submit the same link multiple times HN will show you the originally submitted story.
I don't see HN going downhill in terms of submissions or in discourse. Things are mostly the same as they were 2-3 years ago. I do worry -- perhaps unnecessarily -- about the killing of submissions for no obvious reason. Apparently using a URL shortener is verboten, although the HN guidelines don't mention this. But using one will get your story autokilled. Yesterday, I tried to submit what I thought was an interesti…
I'm pleased to see that I am officially allowed to complain that HNN is getting to be just like Reddit.
I still have about 3 weeks left before I can make that complaint. Luckily though, HN seems to be holding steady, and it has a long way to go before it becomes Reddit. HN is like having a conversation in your living room at a cocktail party with a lot of smart people in attendance. Reddit is like having a conversation at a sports bar with a bunch of random drunk assholes.
Yes, yes, HN is going to the dogs, it's not as good as it used to be, it's all because of the new users, and so on and so on. It's been like that since I joined two and a half years ago.
I agree, it's a fairly constant theme. But... 1) It's been a while, so worth the reminder; and 2) It's actually a submission from someone whose been here a while. The last several were from people with So: worth a little bit of +1 action, but I certainly hope it doesn't 'stay at the top for a while' as someone else said. Hoarding one of the 'above the fold' slots would be a bummer.
I'm pleased to see that I am officially allowed to complain that HNN is getting to be just like Reddit.
Then again, I'm pretty happy with the overall quality of the site and comments so I guess it doesn't really matter :)
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I still have about 3 weeks left before I can make that complaint. Luckily though, HN seems to be holding steady, and it has a long way to go before it becomes Reddit. HN is like having a conversation in your living room at a cocktail party with a lot of smart people in attendance. Reddit is like having a conversation at a sports bar with a bunch of random drunk assholes.
I think if we can get it to the point where it's like going out for beers with a bunch of smart people at a reasonably nice bar that will be perfect.
I'm pleased to see that I am officially allowed to complain that HNN is getting to be just like Reddit.
I still have about 3 weeks left before I can make that complaint. Luckily though, HN seems to be holding steady, and it has a long way to go before it becomes Reddit. HN is like having a conversation in your living room at a cocktail party with a lot of smart people in attendance. Reddit is like having a conversation at a sports bar with a bunch of random drunk assholes.
I try not to comment if the comment is merely:
1. clever and amusing 2. expressing anger/disagreement 3. disproving a wrong but unimportant claim made by another commenter.
Besides these, submitting, upvoting, downvoting, not voting and flagging are enough to make HN more interesting for myself.
The title should say "please (re)read and follow the HN guidelines".
I'm pleased to see that I am officially allowed to complain that HNN is getting to be just like Reddit.
We should all return to Usenet. There's nobody there, and we could build a cozy place with no trolls and newbies, and share really interesting stuff and discuss it intelligently.
But I'm sure the dumbfucks will follow us around, from here to the end of time.