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Probably people flagging it as it's 3 years old.
Oh, I thought flagging was for spam and offtopic submissions.
It is.
I Quit Hacker News (2010)
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Re: I Quit Hacker News (2010)
#22I've been on internet forums for over 14 years now, the complaints the OP has are the same complaints I've heard everywhere else.
I've heard people say the same stuff (maybe slightly different topics, but the same content) numerous times.
I have no intention of sounding like a dick here, but who cares? He is going to find the same thing everywhere he goes. People are the driving force behind his problems...can't fix that unless we end up being owned by skynet.
Re: I Quit Hacker News (2010)
#23>Lack of a down-vote means vocal minorities are disproportionately represented. How many Hacker News users really want to see 5 stories about the TSA body scanners every time they log in? Clearly some do, if these stories get upvoted. I think a better answer than downvoting would be a ways to organize and filter content besides the single-channel model which currently seems to assume either a homogenous community or…
Glad to hear someone else think the same. I believe that it won't change in here though. Someone said: "If you don't like it, fork it" and this is probably true in this case. Maybe even a business opportunity. However, I somehow lost the hope that bringing this topic would do any change. I even emailed pg, asking to delete my account including all my posts, but got no response ever. idk..
I think I may have heard kogir mention they don't let people delete accounts and they don't delete posts because it would interfere with the structure of the existing threads. That does kind of make sense but people can still delete individual posts even after they've been replied to so I don't know.
And "forking it" would be the (relatively) easy part. The hard part is getting people to show up and stick around.
Re: I Quit Hacker News (2010)
#24I wish you all the best. I've contemplated quitting HN quite a few times as well, I might do it myself, but the community with all its flaws I still enjoy at times. There are a few people who think they're better than most, but that's not just a HN problem, it's a problem everywhere, people on HN are just better at articulating their point and getting upvotes. This part I couldn't agree more with: Fluff posts from Jo…
Re Chrome extension, I was thinking the same thing. There's a lot of rubbish posted here but also some gems - ESP from the older members I think, who have been sys admins or used Unix since the '90s or earlier. I keep a notebook of the most useful comments and bookmark others. So a Chrome extension to filter again (eg tag comment as "technical", "ideology" and see what others do) could be v interesting. Unfortunately…
There is a similar plugin for Reddit called the Reddit Enhancement Suite, it's a pretty well made plugin, so maybe a plugin along the lines of HN Enhancement Suite where it kind of tidies and fixes things up would be somewhat cool.
Definitely agree about the disappearing gems in the comments section. Being able to follow users would be cool as well, their comments would be moved and highlighted with a particular follow colour.
I am liking the sound of this.
Re: I Quit Hacker News (2010)
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Glad to hear someone else think the same. I believe that it won't change in here though. Someone said: "If you don't like it, fork it" and this is probably true in this case. Maybe even a business opportunity. However, I somehow lost the hope that bringing this topic would do any change. I even emailed pg, asking to delete my account including all my posts, but got no response ever. idk..
I think I may have heard kogir mention they don't let people delete accounts and they don't delete posts because it would interfere with the structure of the existing threads. That does kind of make sense but people can still delete individual posts even after they've been replied to so I don't know. And "forking it" would be the (relatively) easy part. The hard part is getting people to show up and stick around.
Other social networks solve that "problem", by just filling the old posts with "deleted content" and replace the username with "Deleted user".