This might date me but I'd love to see a resurgence of the Gopher protocol - maybe a touch more modernized, but still just plain text files with hyperlinks. Some sort of public-commons version of the overcommercialized web where advertising is very difficult but information is dense and discoverable.
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#92Hitting the wrong button on a phone is less of a problem that it might appear at first. An up-vote results in an "unvote" link being shown and a down-vote results in an "undown" link instead, so you can confirm that you hit the right button and undo the vote if it was wrong.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not just https://old.reddit.com ?
1. At a certain point, the dark patterns are just not worth rewarding. 2. Teddit rewrites all Reddit URLs to the Teddit host. Reading Reddit via old you'll still be redirected to the standard "new" site if "www.reddit.com" is hardcoded into a link, and it very, very, very frequently is. 3. Teddit's persistence works even if you're not logged in (which is to say: always, as you can't log in via a Teddit instance). Red…
I find this extension for Chrome very useful: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
It's also available for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...
Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only
#94This might date me but I'd love to see a resurgence of the Gopher protocol - maybe a touch more modernized, but still just plain text files with hyperlinks. Some sort of public-commons version of the overcommercialized web where advertising is very difficult but information is dense and discoverable.
Gemini?
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#95IMO, Reddit is still usable but only via https://old.reddit.com . I still use Reddit daily, but I can't stand the horrific new design. I also highly curate my subscribed subreddits and use multireddits to combine subject matters. On Android I use Reddit Sync[1] (which has an ad-free pro version I paid a one-time $5 fee for). I worry about the day they discontinue old.reddit.com, or decide to cripple third-party apps…
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#96Sometimes capitalism works!
This site is wholly subsidized by YC and could not stand on its own, so I'm not sure it's a straightforward example of capitalism working...
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#97Meanwhile, you can use third party mobile apps for HN that work perfect. Just type “hacker news” on the App Store (iOS) and you’ll see a bunch of apps. Try and see which one fits your usage style. I personally use the app called “HACK for hacker news” and it fulfils all I could ask for. I mostly browse and write on HN using this app. Not promoting this app, just helping fellow users.
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#98It is kind of ironic that so many professionals come to HN for a breath of fresh air, after which they continue building the UX they were escaping from in the first place.
honestly, to me its not the UX.
- it is a lack of disinformation, people here tend to push conversations in the right direction
- it is a lack of advertising and bullshit articles
It is like Craigslist. Everyone and their mother has tried to re-design craigslist, with yearly graveyards of competitors.
The problem is CL's interface isn't the product. It is _already_ extremely useful, and so to get people to leave CL you'd need to give a value add on top of what seems to already be a pretty feature packed service.
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#99My only (primary, continuous, and ignored) complaint is that OP's text post's contrast matches the contrast of less-useful comments, making every Self-HN post seem subconsciously and automatically downvoted. It was "tradition,"? No, it's archaic and ironic for a site with so many A11y/accessibility advocates.
I emailed them once asking to change that and kind of got a shrug in response. Maybe more emails will convince them?
Another user mentioned the reply basically cited tradition.
@dang, can we ever get a reply to this?
either an excuse or an 0xFF in a .css stylesheet, please?
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#100I use a simple custom CSS to: 1) increase font size; 2) limit line length, and; 3) change OP's font color:
.comment,
.toptext {
max-width: 72ch;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 1.5;
color: rgb(27, 27, 27)
}