Comment by logicrime
10 years ago
I've been reading HN for 4+ years now, and I think that practically every post in that thread is spot-on. HN has turned into the very thing that I thought the guidelines were designed to prevent. The internet doesn't need another reddit, it's bad enough as it is.
HN has become host to feminist shilling and corporate endorsements, on top of the already flawed content model that encourages disengagement to the point where people are just reposting headlines and treating HN as a comments section for the article itself.
Either way, there's something to be said for constructive criticism like this, and HN can potentially learn from this.
It won't. But it could.
I hate to tell you this but HN has always been about "corporate endorsements" - this is primarily a startup site, which means you're going to see a lot of VC and SF culture around here.
> . . . people are just reposting headlines and treating HN as a comments section for the article itself.
This is exactly what I do. What is the right way to use HN?
HN is a link aggregator with comments. It's difficult for the format to be used any other way.
>HN can potentially learn from this.
Learn what? The whole thread is basically a fond pop at HN, with the usual 4chan dribble thrown in (like the faggot/nigger shock commentary).
I'm not sure how the vein of commentary about the headlines being business/startup oriented is a negative criticism, since that's the point of HN - and if anything, the business side of the forum has been dying off for quite a while.
That comment was about how HN could learn from 4chan's layout. For example, I think comment trees are way harder to read than a linear stream.
Learn not to take yourself too seriously, which plenty of folks around here do.
Don't disrupt my ego, bro.
"feminist shilling"
no, those aren't my legitimate opinions. i'm a brainwashed shill. you've got me.
I knew it!
> HN has become host to feminist shilling
Perhaps people became more aware of the causes of feminism? Whenever a belief of mine is very convenient for me I always try to tear it down just in case there is some hidden bias or other logical fallacy.