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Quiet Hacker News
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#2Don't forget to read the about page: http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news
I somewhat agree. For example I try to avoid discussion with more than 100 comments. Usually the small discussions are more technical and have a better signal to noise ratio.
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#3The FAQ should answer why all the questions are number 1!! :P
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#4I wish there was a link to the comments. Oftentimes they're the first (and last) place I go.
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#5I wish there was a link to the comments. Oftentimes they're the first (and last) place I go.
Wait, are you being facetious or did you not catch on to the fact that the comments not being included is what makes it "quiet HN"?
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#7Don't forget to read the about page: http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news I somewhat agree. For example I try to avoid discussion with more than 100 comments. Usually the small discussions are more technical and have a better signal to noise ratio.
The collapsing feature is helpful, usually longer threads wane into an infinite stream of increasingly off-topic rants. But because it happens after when the page is loaded, it messes up the feature where when you navigate history it jumps to where you left, and with collapsed comments it scrolls past there.
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#8I wish there was a link to the comments. Oftentimes they're the first (and last) place I go.
Wait, are you being facetious or did you not catch on to the fact that the comments not being included is what makes it "quiet HN"?
Even after your comment, I do not make that connection. If that was the intent, it fails...e.g, Why not duplicate the site faithfully and just eliminate the comment links?
It succeeds in being 'quiet' (less noisy) in design.
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#9Don't forget to read the about page: http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news I somewhat agree. For example I try to avoid discussion with more than 100 comments. Usually the small discussions are more technical and have a better signal to noise ratio.
Agreed, but I wish HN would experiment more with new technical tools to improve civility. For all its flaws, HN is still home to some of the very best discussion, and there's no reason to throw up one's hands. For instance, removing public vote counts seems to have been a net positive (although I mistakenly opposed it at the time). Even a small nudge to get people to vote based on constructiveness rather than agree/disagree could have a large impact.
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#10I prefer http://n-gate.com/