It is a stark contrast to 5 years ago.
It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
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Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#52You might enjoy lobste.rs more for straight tech content.
you don't happen to have a spare invite? it still works on invite right?
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#53I think it may be time for a userbase fork. All the politics, policy and economic, and general business news to one side, all the hardware, software, science, startup, and tech business news to the other.
So you want subhackernewses? Like /h/business ?
i actually like this idea, but would be hard to execute as comments might intermix them
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#54Had the same thought when Rent the Runway's IPO was on the front page. They're not even a tech company.
I'd argue they're a tech company as much as Uber, WeWork, or Airbnb. Rent the runway uses a website and programming to monitor their logistics, inventory, implement designer looks each season and AI to learn user's preferences and suggest new looks to recommend to them for certain events. Their "stylists" are really just machine learning suggestions.
Would you disqualify Uber as a tech co, saying they're just a taxi co? Kinda same umbrella, imo.
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#55Try lobste.rs ( https://lobste.rs ) if you want "real" hacker news. They punish non-technical submissions.
yea definitely would love an invite there too ^^
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#56Something I noticed about Slashdot was that it started out talking about the latest processors, software, and Linux kernel patches. Then the conversation ever-so-slowly started drifting towards CEOs, the sharemarket, politics, and the like. It's a side-effect of an aging user base. Young people get excited about New Things! With big numbers! Older people get bored of the latest technological advancements and instead…
I genuinely wonder if HN has been stagnant with the same people visiting it as 5 years ago. And thus your statement is accurate.
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#57Not saying it doesn't at times but right now this was #23 on my front page and it was the first business referencing submission. Everything else was tech stuff / OSS and a 99% invisible post.
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#58Hmmm...Maybe I just tune out the business stuff, but I mostly see topics relating to programming, science, and technology, with a smattering of pure business stuff and product/startup announcements.
I think this may be a taxonomic problem. Consider this topic:
> Facebook's own data is not as conclusive about teens and mental health [1]
The article is about Facebook, so its definitely a business article. But it also an article on technology and society, and about the science that describes how social media consumption effects mental health.
HN would lose something if it focused purely on technology. While its essential to understand how technology works, and what changes are on the horizon, the beauty of HN is it also explores how science and technology interconnect with business, government, society, culture, etc.
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#59I'm not sure if it's changed or not, but use this as an observation as a reminder that technology is more interesting when it does something for people, otherwise it's an academic exercise.
Re: It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
#60Yes. Posts like "How to make $1 million with embarrassingly little work" are always going to make it to the HN frontpage. Which makes me wonder. Are we here to discuss technology? Or are we here to daydream how we get rich while sleeping? Also the "hackers" on HN are increasingly buying systems that are built to resist hacking and that have a target audience that can be described as "mom, dad and grandparents". Somet…
The other day I saw a post here asking people about how much they had saved and what their age was. A completely pointless dick-measuring thing, that I thought I wouldn’t find even in the likes of Reddit.
I follow HN on and off, usually just lurking, since 2017. But lately I’ve noticed a surprising amount of people humble bragging about their crypto wallets, their no-work-million-dollars startup, and how good their lives are since they left Facebook.