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The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by vimy »

mojuba wrote: post #4

I can't believe I've been a HN user for 14 years. Things come and go but HN was one of the very very few web sites that I visited pretty much every day for this whole time. Except for rare hiking trip days. It's also amazing how the spirit and the quality stay more or less the same here. I guess not all Eternal September effects are alike.

I’ve been here since 2012. I feel there has been a shift from startup and programming discussions to more general interests. Definitely a lot more political debates here. Now Indiehackers forum feels more like the old HN.

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by 2112 »

grinich wrote: post #5

Here's what the HN homepage looked like on the day it launched (Ocb 9, 2006) https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2006-10-09 (Funny timing, I just discovered this feature yesterday.)

Yes. That was your submission from yesterday and that's how I found out about it ! See my other comment ^ in which I reposted about it. Thanks for that. Did you know about this ;

https://hnrss.github.io/ ?

That's pretty cool too and I just found out about it this week ( this account is young but my soul is old ... )

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by 2112 »

marcodiego wrote: post #22
grinich wrote: post #5

Here's what the HN homepage looked like on the day it launched (Ocb 9, 2006) https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2006-10-09 (Funny timing, I just discovered this feature yesterday.)

Didn't know such feature. Interesting day: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2017-10-09 Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile the same day Librem 5 was funded.

How about this on day 2 ;

Google Acquires YouTube For $1.6B

with : 12 points - 0 comments ...

Think about that when in the early days of a new project.

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by brk »

I've been here since the beginning, though lurked for a while before actually creating an account. I was also at the original Startup School session or whatever it was called on a Saturday, I think shortly before this site launched?

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by infogulch »

k__ wrote: post #25
prepend wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use it 95% on mobile and rarely curse the UI. I like that it renders quickly, shows lots of articles, and shows lots of comments. It takes concentration to vote and hide links, but I think it’s optimized for reading and commenting. Better than any other forum, I think.

The performance is awesome, but the UX is rather bad. Everything is tiny.

Everything is tiny, but it doesn't pointlessly restrict pinch to zoom. Thus interacting is more of a 2-finger process, but so what? It's refreshing for a site to optimize for reading instead of chasing maximum engagement.

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

akkartik wrote: post #9
grinich wrote: post #5

Here's what the HN homepage looked like on the day it launched (Ocb 9, 2006) https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2006-10-09 (Funny timing, I just discovered this feature yesterday.)

I believe that link just renders old data with the current style. We should go look in archive.org or something. I suspect your point still stands, though.

Yes, there are no comment scores for one thing.

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by zappo2938 »

grinich wrote: post #5

Here's what the HN homepage looked like on the day it launched (Ocb 9, 2006) https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2006-10-09 (Funny timing, I just discovered this feature yesterday.)

For comparison, the original Reddit homepage.

https://web.archive.org/web/20050804002153/http://www.reddit...

Re: The Evolution of Hacker News (2013)

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Post by sungam »

mojuba wrote: post #4

I can't believe I've been a HN user for 14 years. Things come and go but HN was one of the very very few web sites that I visited pretty much every day for this whole time. Except for rare hiking trip days. It's also amazing how the spirit and the quality stay more or less the same here. I guess not all Eternal September effects are alike.

13 years for me!
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