Solving The Hacker News Problem
Diversity can be asset in a community. It can also cause friction. In HN’s case, you need only look at a weekly recap of the top submissions to see all the different directions the site is being pulled in. Listed in (totally subjective) order of frequency, you’ll find:
- General tech industry news of the sort that’s much better surfaced by Techmeme.
- VC and funding news of the sort that’s much better surfaced by sites like peHUB.
- Startup launch announcements.
- Promotions for products and services, usually to the chagrin of HN community members.
- Pop science.
- Pop sociology.
- Pop economics.
- Pop psychology and relationship advice.
- Windbag pundit-type blog posts like this one.
- Business advice and war stories.
- Technical HOWTOs, comparative evaluations, etc.
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