It's much faster than HN. No long pauses when loading pages.
Lobsters
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Re: Lobsters
#52Seems to solve my biggest HN complaint, downvotes without reasons. I'd love to give it a spin and see how that works in practice.
Slashdot also had upvotes with reasons, and I personally think that is just as important if you agree with downvotes with reasons: it lets you differentiate between things that added new information, made good arguments, or was simply funny.
That said, the problem with downvotes with reasons is that it now feels much more harsh. I'm downvoting something that is clearly an insulting comment that should not have been made on the site, and yet I'm wondering "do I really want to use the term 'troll'? that seems harsh".
Re: Lobsters
#53When it comes to learning, sharing, and growing together, online or otherwise, there are no competitors, winners, or losers. Just a bigger pie. (Good luck to lobste.rs, but I'll probably be staying right here on hn.)
Why the dichotomy? You'd want your fingers in more pies (to use your analogy) and more viewpoints, no?
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#54I Like it. Needs some modern design, minimalist and clean. It would be sad to see HN die, but if you don't water your plants...
It definitely needs some background, cue from /r/apple might be a good idea.
Also a distinctive header in a different color.
A footer.
Remove bold from links in front page and
Font-size 1.2em
Line-height 1.2
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got the same treatment he did -- and have on accounts I have made since -- and we exchanged emails during development. We both went through each others' posts and couldn't find any rational reason for the treatment (slow banning and hell banning, in both of our cases). Lack of transparency is a pretty big deal on this forum, and once you've crossed Paul -- without knowing how -- it's scorched earth on any account y…
Wouldn't it have been easier to just register a new account on hn, or just treat it r/o and don't bother registering? Unless, of course, PG has written some software that identifies your browser across accounts (which isn't terribly hard,) but as you say there's no transparency here, but then it is his forum so I don't expect any kind of transparency. He can do what he likes and ban whomever he feels like. I commend…
I didn't create anything.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got the same treatment he did -- and have on accounts I have made since -- and we exchanged emails during development. We both went through each others' posts and couldn't find any rational reason for the treatment (slow banning and hell banning, in both of our cases). Lack of transparency is a pretty big deal on this forum, and once you've crossed Paul -- without knowing how -- it's scorched earth on any account y…
Did you try getting in touch?
My first account was hellbanned for no obvious reason. I had a bunch of karma, hadn't been downvoted, hadn't trolled. I asked pg for an explanation/reconsideration...nope!
One of the dirty secrets of hackernews is that you can be hellbanned at any moment without rhyme or reason, and you'll likely never know why. I assume it serves some purpose OTHER than driving away helpful contributors, but I'm not sure what that might be.
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#58When it comes to learning, sharing, and growing together, online or otherwise, there are no competitors, winners, or losers. Just a bigger pie. (Good luck to lobste.rs, but I'll probably be staying right here on hn.)
I do think there is a risk of 'intellectual ghettoization'. The quantity in a community might not be that important after a while. But the quality, in terms of diversity of ideas, is very important.
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#59Seems to solve my biggest HN complaint, downvotes without reasons. I'd love to give it a spin and see how that works in practice.
I always feel bad when I hit the down vote button by accident on my mobile devices. I wish there was a way to undo those fat finger goofs.
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#60If somebody would be kind enough to invite me, it would be much appreciated. Email in profile...