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Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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It's a good community. The part I struggle with is the anti-science trend I've seen here over the last 10 years.

For me, it's the politics. There's a certain kind of user that keeps pushing them here, to people who don't care about them, and which are barely related to technology if even. If you point it out, they will say "everything is political"...

Space isn't political!

https://youtu.be/g1Sq1Nr58hM?si=ZyRYleQAfTe3PJMX

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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I sometimes forget that this is a venture capitalist website with a weirdly computer science name. Okay fine. You can have this one day, main YC website.

It really is the strangest community. Clearly an ex-slashdot flavor to it like free the penguins and then someone will make a comment that right-to-repair "increases costs and reduces profitability" and shouldn't be allowed. I don't think these people would naturally have a beer together.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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You visit every day for 15 years and never left a comment? That's kinda crazy. It makes me wonder if this is actually common and we don't realize.

I'm at ~19 years - HN as daily home page since inception :) Before HN, I used to hang out on Joel on Software and Eric's Business of Software forums; I occasionally used to post there and here but lost old accounts. If you have friends who have friends who has HN archeology skills and access, maybe I can recover my old account :)

Oh man I used to hang out on Joel on Software as well. Good times.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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You visit every day for 15 years and never left a comment? That's kinda crazy. It makes me wonder if this is actually common and we don't realize.

If you comment once on HN you are easily in the top 5% of users by comment count.

This thread made me finally make an account after at least 5+ years reading through the top 30 nearly everyday :)

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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dang is an amazing moderator

Nah, he's become a cynic. dang thinks Hacker News is a "swamp of amnesia". It's not a great attitude.

That reflects well on his communication skills; 'Swamp of Amnesia' is a less hackneyed phrase than 'Eternal September'

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Thanks for existing, HN! And thanks to everyone that makes it awesome. My no. 1 stop on the interwebz for going on 10 years now. Please keep being the only not-s** online community left standing.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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While I've never worked with YC directly (though have lots of friends who have been involved with YC in one way or another), I found HN during the pandemic and it has been my favorite place on the internet ever since. I have learned so much from this community, across so many different disciplines. I truly cherish the community we have here and I thank Dang, PG and others for maintaining this gem in a hidden corner of the internet. And while I agree there have been some changes even in the time I've been a part of the site, it's still the best online group of people I've ever come across. Thank you also to all of you who make this such a great, informative, inclusive community.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Started reading HN nine years ago, when I screwed up my third startup the year before, was devastated, and needed some inspiration. And among the shared news were stories that inspired me again, that made me come back to this site every single day ever since. I like the cultivated discussions, like the things I learn about, and I feel like I never miss any tech trend. Excellent community. Love it. Thank you PG, thank…

You only discovered HN after your 3rd startup? :p
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