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Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by jwilber » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 5:38 AM UTC

anonu wrote: post #11

This stuff is better on Reddit

Anytime I see comments referencing “gO To rEdDiT” I can’t help but sigh at the hypocrisy. Your comment adds nothing to the thread and only reduces overall discussion quality further.

What do you hope to gain from such a comment?

To break the chain I’ll say two things: 1. The satire is on point. The original hey.com intro felt pretentious with it’s ridiculous, “Email is broken. Come join our invite only $xxx/month email instead” story. 2. Obviously enough HN users identified enough to upvote the post.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by rudiv » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:14 AM UTC

Ah, so facetious comments are beyond the pale but not low-effort facetious links.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by cvhashim » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:18 AM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #18

Why is this flagged? This is great and, for better or worse, pretty on point.

Some people just hate fun

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:19 AM UTC

stegg2020 wrote: post #17

i made an account just to share how much i hated this god damnit linus

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Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by LordAtlas » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:29 AM UTC

thesephist wrote: post #16

Hey all :) creator here (and yes, you can reach me at linus@heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com). Was talking with a friend last night and I bought this domain on a whim because I thought it would be funny. And then spent a couple hours making this landing page and it's since turned into this elaborate joke. Hope it added something to your day~ haha

If I may make a suggestion, redirect the Rickroll link through a "/reserve" link on your site so it's not immediately obvious on mouse hover.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by DangitBobby » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:36 AM UTC

jwilber wrote: post #21

anonu wrote: post #11

This stuff is better on Reddit

Anytime I see comments referencing “gO To rEdDiT” I can’t help but sigh at the hypocrisy. Your comment adds nothing to the thread and only reduces overall discussion quality further. What do you hope to gain from such a comment? To break the chain I’ll say two things: 1. The satire is on point. The original hey.com intro felt pretentious with it’s ridiculous, “Email is broken. Come join our invite only $xxx/month ema…

> Anytime I see comments referencing “gO To rEdDiT” I can’t help but sigh at the hypocrisy. Your comment adds nothing to the thread and only reduces overall discussion quality further.

This is completely wrong. If Reddit sucks, and people are making HN like Reddit with low effort content, then what recourse do we have other than to say so? Or should we just let HN turn into another low effort shit content site? You can disagree with whether or not this content sucks all you want, but again, the sentiment is totally off base.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by zelly » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:37 AM UTC

@"I have L5 disposable income".com

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by godelski » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:40 AM UTC

hunter-2 wrote: post #10

Rickrolling is no longer fun with a pre-roll ad

First you need to type in your password you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by karolsputo » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:45 AM UTC

First mock that showed up shortly after Hey’s introduction was funny, I have to admit that even as a user. Not sure if it did fit on HN but whatever. But this is not only low effort, but what’s there to discuss? Is it really that interesting?

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by echelon » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 6:49 AM UTC

This is pretty great. I think DHH will get a kick out of it.

My favorite parody site made fun of web frameworks and called them "crystal node grunt gems for ninjas". The whole website was genius, but I can't seem to find it anymore. :(

Does anybody else have any more parody sites? (Or know the one I'm referring to?)