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Re: Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?

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Post by korse »

shomp wrote: post #7

The majority of HN participants are now, not founders themselves. Founders have to focus on signal over noise. People who are not founders focus on... whatever.

>Founders have to focus on signal over noise. People who are not founders focus on... whatever.

This perspective seems extremely close minded, almost as if suggesting those who are not 'founders' (of silicon valley startups?) are incapable of rational thought or action.

There are many executives who have never 'founded' a VC backed company who would heartily disagree, not to mention all of the humans with other credentials who process information, make decisions and create value.

Re: Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?

#12

Post by Alconicon »

I assumed your post was more generic and not specific about LLMs or AI.

Generally speaking, while the disucssions are 'better', they are not good. The comments themselves seldom add real value, discussions are not held with sources and if you start to have a discussion, the other person stops responding to your arguments.

Its 'fun' because i think i like to discuss but i have often than not the feeling i have to explain things

While you mentioned LLMs: I do think that simplifing what LLMs are to a statistical parrot, shows how little people on hn know about LLMs, at least the ones commenting on it and repeating this every time.

With the crypto garbage, i had plenty of people not responding to proper arguments from my side and it feels empty.

HN is seldom stress.

Re: Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?

#13

Post by shomp »

korse wrote: post #11
shomp wrote: post #7

The majority of HN participants are now, not founders themselves. Founders have to focus on signal over noise. People who are not founders focus on... whatever.

>Founders have to focus on signal over noise. People who are not founders focus on... whatever. This perspective seems extremely close minded, almost as if suggesting those who are not 'founders' (of silicon valley startups?) are incapable of rational thought or action. There are many executives who have never 'founded' a VC backed company who would heartily disagree, not to mention all of the humans with other crede…

I just meant founders of any company, not necessarily SV ones. Sorry if it came off as very reductionistic, but I was trying to phrase things quickly and simply. If you're not looking for real life tips on how to build products and gain traction and stuff, then any topic is fair game. As online communities transform from niche-based places, to general purpose hangouts, the content can get watered down.

Re: Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?

#14

Post by pipes »

The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web.

Reasonable good faith debates are not normal on the internet!

I guess we have the moderators to thank for this.

Re: Ask HN: Does reading HN make you happy?

#15

Post by subsection1h »

Hi, yakattak. Like you, I also created my HN account in 2010.

Browsing HN stopped making me happy years ago.

Searching HN for individual comments that include jargon that is indicative of knowledge relating to my interests does make me happy. I search HN multiple times per day using a search shortcut that uses the following URL:

https://hn.algolia.com/?type=comment&sort=byDate&query=%s

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