He's still a user: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cmdrtaco
Hi.
Hi! I first knew about Slashdot, I think from the classic Afterstep mailing list!
Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
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Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#32> People get bored fairly quickly, but the rare person never gets bored ever, and you have to be very careful of that person because they might be your best user or they might be a terrible person. And if you give them too much control they could do bad things.
Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
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Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#34> Hacker News is awesome. It is probably my number one RSS feed right now. But it's getting too big. They've crossed the line that reddit crossed a long time ago. The value on reddit now is on the subreddits, not on the main page. Hacker News is wobbling on that space now. If I could just find someone who made a Hacker News digest, with the 10 best items from Hacker News, that would be a really good Slashdot. Interes…
How was he wrong?
Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#35> Hacker News is awesome. It is probably my number one RSS feed right now. But it's getting too big. They've crossed the line that reddit crossed a long time ago. The value on reddit now is on the subreddits, not on the main page. Hacker News is wobbling on that space now. If I could just find someone who made a Hacker News digest, with the 10 best items from Hacker News, that would be a really good Slashdot. Interes…
I've been here a while and I think the truth is somewhere in between. HN has grown and shifted somewhat in the process, but ultimately dodged the bullet of cancerous growth. My take is that because HN started as a side-project of a successful technologist and investor who made his money elsewhere, there was never the financial pressure that hits most online services. Couple that with shared interests, strong culture, and a healthy dose of even-handed and principled moderation (thank you Dang!), and HN ended up with way-above average sustainability.
Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought that was a odd comment too. I think it is just fine. Maybe people with that concern can join ##hntop on liberachat to get a better feed.
We kind of already have a "Top HN stories" list, and it's the hidden /active URL[1] which sorts by number of comments [made within N hours?]. Not everyone agrees with this. dang himself doesn't, and has said he thinks /active tends to end up with the threads that devolved into flamewars or got otherwise "too overheated." Fine, that's probably also true, but what News actually matters ? Some package I've never heard o…
I use /front. It’s a day old, but good enough for me.
Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#37> Hacker News is awesome. It is probably my number one RSS feed right now. But it's getting too big. They've crossed the line that reddit crossed a long time ago. The value on reddit now is on the subreddits, not on the main page. Hacker News is wobbling on that space now. If I could just find someone who made a Hacker News digest, with the 10 best items from Hacker News, that would be a really good Slashdot. Interes…
I've been here a while and I think the truth is somewhere in between. HN has grown and shifted somewhat in the process, but ultimately dodged the bullet of cancerous growth. My take is that because HN started as a side-project of a successful technologist and investor who made his money elsewhere, there was never the financial pressure that hits most online services. Couple that with shared interests, strong culture,…
HN is such a great example for studies of social-capitalism.
Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#38Re: Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News (2013)
#39> Hacker News is awesome. It is probably my number one RSS feed right now. But it's getting too big. They've crossed the line that reddit crossed a long time ago. The value on reddit now is on the subreddits, not on the main page. Hacker News is wobbling on that space now. If I could just find someone who made a Hacker News digest, with the 10 best items from Hacker News, that would be a really good Slashdot. Interes…
How was he wrong?
> Hacker News is wobbling on that space now.
Clearly it's not. Not sure why I have to repeat myself though. ;-)