The front page is flooded with start-up drama instead of more technical articles. I am not sure, but I am feeling less and less satisfied with the content here. Thoughts?
Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
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Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#2I suppose it has changed. But it's always been somewhat focused on startups and the startup lifestyle.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#3>User for 244 days
I think PG has specifically addressed this in the guidelines.
edit: here it is:
>If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#4I notice that your account is less than a year old, so I'll point you to the HN Guidelines:
Please don't submit comments complaining that a
submission is inappropriate for the site. If you
think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by
going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link.
(Not all users will see this; there is a karma
threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also
comment that you did.
If your account is less than a year old, please don't
submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit.
(It's a common semi-noob illusion.)
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#5I've also noticed a strange "anti-college" sentiment being expressed recently. Or, it could just be my own personal bias after having decided to go back to school after being in industry for several years.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#6>User for 244 days I think PG has specifically addressed this in the guidelines. edit: here it is: >If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)
I agree with him. I feel like adding tags that we can filter might solve most of it.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#7>User for 244 days I think PG has specifically addressed this in the guidelines. edit: here it is: >If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)
I agree with him. I feel like adding tags that we can filter might solve most of it.
You've literally never submitted a single link to this website, you don't get to complain.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#8Business as usual. There's a lull in technical stuff, so the more broadly interesting links rise to the top.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#9Business as usual. There's a lull in technical stuff, so the more broadly interesting links rise to the top.
I wonder if historically, tech luls could at all be tracked to the season (at least US based tech news). It is spring/almost-summer (warming up, sun is out) as well as around the time many master/doctorate students head out for the summer/vacations.
Re: Did anyone else notice that Hacker News has changed?
#10I've also noticed a strange "anti-college" sentiment being expressed recently. Or, it could just be my own personal bias after having decided to go back to school after being in industry for several years.
HN has been slightly to moderately anti-establishment since day one. The government crackdown on Wikileaks brought this out in certain areas a bit more, but the overall sentiment fluctuates sinusoidally across a fixed range over time.