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Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by pg »

zachinglis wrote: post #168
pg wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Complicated question. Dismissive comments about new things bother me partly because there's an asymmetry that seems unfair. It's so risky to create something new, and so easy to dismiss it. At their worst, the people making such comments are like schoolyard bullies picking on someone who tries to do something different. This particular case is very mild-- more confused than dismissive really. It just struck me as fun…

I think it was valid critique. (Something I am sure you give the companies you fund.) It's not always easy to provide critique without knocking the cause - But I understood that's how jug6ernaut meant it. If I were to buy a tshirt for HN, which I might possibly do - I'd want it to show off a message rather than it looking like it could be for anything. This doesn't feel personal to the brand to me – I could buy this…

Like I said, the original comment is really more confused than dismissive. And I do feel kind of bad for making fun of the guy. I should have known that saying I wished it was the top comment might make it so.

You're mistaken about the design though. It's both funny to make the design so minimalistic, and yet simultaneously a pretty bold assertion of brand power. And since we don't want HN to grow fast, we don't need to send any messages to anyone who doesn't already recognize the shirt.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by soneca »

Great idea! I would never use a t-shirt that "brand" me as HackerNews. Not even one that a "fellow HN user" would recognize - going further, I even think that wearing a t-shirt with my own startup logo is kinda silly.

Like it was designed though, as an "ode to the defining style of HN" (not an ad for HN, which is very different), it fulfills the goal of relate to HN for the buyer and promote the fundraising campaign. And I would still use a cool t-shirt, not a branded one. A jackpot, as I see it. I will check if they deliver to Brazil.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by kevinskii »

hallowtech wrote: post #167
pg wrote: post #138

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I feel like I'm trapped in an HN parody. It's precisely because I want HN to be a site where people engage in meaningful discussion that I try to discourage people from upvoting the first dismissive comment they come across. Even discourage is probably too strong a word though. I feel like someone standing in the surf, trying to hold back a breaking wave with his hand. (I didn't answer his question because other user…

Maybe you should allow downvoting for everyone then. I'm more likely to downvote a dismissive reply then I am to upvote every positive reply to overtake it. And on the mention of dismissive comments: as a frequent visitor I feel emotionally safer just reading and not posting... so if there is a karma threshold for allowing downvotes, I doubt I will ever hit it.

This is a great suggestion. Perhaps a good compromise would be to tie downvoting ability to a "number of days visited" threshold, rather than a karma threshold. Those who visit HN often but comment rarely may be particularly well qualified to judge whether a comment is constructive.

Edit: This might work best for voting ability in general, not just downvoting ability.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

Aloha wrote: post #109
shill wrote: post #83

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I read HN nitpicking posts in the voice of Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. "Why are you using American Apparel for a multi-threaded shirt and not Erlang?"

I dont think its nitpicking I would never recognize it unless I also owned the shirt, and knew what it was.

I agree. So I made an alternative shirt. This one has no logo either, but it should be more recognizable:

http://teespring.com/althntees

(It even has a crude joke, there's 'More' below the waist)

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by hfsktr »

itcmcgrath wrote: post #141
nym wrote: post #130

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Mine is #bada55.

If people want more like that, you can find them at http://hexu.al/

That is awesome. I am so glad I made it this far down the comments to see this link.

I know it sounds sarcastic with so much enthusiasm but it isn't. This is the kind of stuff that I like to find. Better when it comes from HN.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by tikhonj »

tokenadult wrote: post #64
lancefisher wrote: post #29

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You can write your own username in with a sharpie. :) I would recognize this for the colors and shape. I do wish it came on a light-color T though.

I would recognize this for the colors and shape. That works if you haven't set a new topcolor. (Actually, even for people who have set a custom topcolor, many HN pages still display the default topcolor, so the point in the parent post is correct.)

Also, being able to set the topcolor takes some non-trivial amount of karma, so you would have to have been using the site for a while in its default look anyhow.

Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by [deleted] »

kyro wrote: post #69

Will there be a higher-grade customizable offering for us high-karma old timers who haven't seen a top bar in that color for years? I'd hate to associate myself with all these Orange Bars. Buying, nonetheless. Not to wear in public, of course.

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Re: Official Hacker News T-Shirt

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Post by rednukleus »

fakeer wrote: post #148
rednukleus wrote: post #131

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When I first read pg's comment I interpreted it the same way as cperciva. But after reading your comment, I'm not sure any more.

Please read pg's next comment(above) and you might be sure again. I think he meant what cperciva interpreted. Here - "I want HN to be a site where people engage in meaningful discussion that I try to discourage people from upvoting the first dismissive comment they come across"

Agreed, my first instinct was right.
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