Comment by alephnerd
8 days ago
> Besides being full of AI-generated, useless content
I've found some pretty decent content if you're able to tune the recommender algo - the content reaches mid-2010s HN's noise-to-signal ratio if done right.
After Twitter/X degraded, a lot of Policy, VC, IB, PE, and DevTools+Cybersecurity shifted to used LinkedIn for posts, and a lot of unfiltered criticism does arise.
It does require an extreme commitment to tuning the algo (proactively removing content from your feed AND upvoting content you like).
That said, I don't think you'll find much purely technical content, but even HN sucks for that now. I'd use Lobste.rs for that (which reminds me of pre-COVID HN).
> the platform is also riddled with dark patterns
Yep, but that's expected for most platforms who's success metrics are judged based on usage.
Lobst.rs seems much quieter, and almost all posts are programming related. It's very narrow.
> almost all posts are programming related. It's very narrow
Absolutely, and that's why it's great.
I worked in the policy space and later entered the business aspects of tech - conversations on policy and business aspects of tech are horrid on HN, yet those kinds of conversations have become heavily promoted on HN.
At least on lobste.rs you have technical domain experts chatting about programming.