Ask YC: HN submissions feels like submissions on reddit post sale, do you guys feel the same way?
18 years ago
HN submissions feels like submissions on reddit after it was purchased by wired parent company. Do you guys feel the same way?
18 years ago
HN submissions feels like submissions on reddit after it was purchased by wired parent company. Do you guys feel the same way?
I think what happens is that eventually there aren't enough "good" links out there that haven't been submitted, but there's still a demand to be filled. Newspapers keep "filler" stories around for that eventuality ("slow news day"). I think the same thing happens on social news sites - especially ones that grow - because the demand (for new stuff) eventually outstrips the supply (of good new stuff).
Please pardon the way this sounds, I only aim to help: Lately, yes but continuously saying "this place is turning into Reddit" really doesn't help nearly as much as continuously posting the types of articles people come here to read.
Posting good stories and comments won't help if the quality of the community at large is going downhill. And what else would the falling quality of the stories and comments be a symptom of? No amount of "following the guidelines" or "only posting interesting stories" by the regular community will help if there is a swarm of other users who don't give a fuck.
If this development persists, history dictates that the old regulars won't hang around for long, which is really sad.
It's such a pain in the ass to drift around the internet like nomads, leaving for new territory when the locusts come to consume the places you know and love..
For the record, I do my best: I submit new stories when I find them and produce (presumably) useful commentary. And it works, for now, but I'm not very hopeful as to what HN will look like in a year.
That seems to suggest the next system should be designed to expressly counter this effect. Perhaps, allow groups to form and close themselves off, while still remaining on the site? Move to a different subsite (instead of a whole new site)? This might be a little more successful than trying to filter submissions in some way for some nebulous "quality".
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Sorry, I meant quality of submissions.
I like the extra level of filtration from reddit for postings that are relevant to what draws people to come to HN. I could care less if a posting was on reddit before it comes to HN.
not really, but i do kind of feel like the majority of the submissions i see are from people trying to karma whore via automatic submissions of popular-ish sites
i feel like reading the new links area is like reading my feed reader.
which is unavoidable, and what i do to combat it is submit more quality things when i can find them, and be picky with my modding things up.
Dude, give it a break already. Constantly crying about how HN doesn't suite your taste isn't going to make it any better and certainly doesn't raise the quality of the front page articles.
I am not constantly complaining about HN submissions. I do submit good (the ones I think are good) links.