Every post should have a set of tags: describing the subject. In the information overload age filtering is becoming essential.
You state that as a fact, but it is an opinion. I think using a filter would prevent users from seeing posts and comments that they would find interesting. In a sense, it would create a bubble for each user.
Also, HN isn’t that large that a quick visual scan of the home page doesn’t work.
If readers don't want to use tags/filters they don't have to.
And if writers don’t want to use tags, or can’t even remotely agree on which ones should exist?
For example, in your example list, Code and Software would have significant overlap, AI about always would be software, Politics should be very rare according to the HN guidelines, people would disagree about the definition of Startup.
Tags are hardly rocket science -- simple rules/standards could be setup.
Why do you want to take the choice away from people to use tagging?
Someone like me reads a lot (on other sites) and I skip 95% of the content here.
Why should I have to scroll through posts about: C++ compilers, etc when I know I'm not going to read it?
The tagging approach wouldn't effect you -- you could simply not use it.
Simplicity would be having tags to categories the posts.
Just like a library has the Dewey Decimal Classification system -- if it were not for that it would be just a chaotic heap of books.
What if someone missed 3 months worth of posts and they want to catch up quickly... is that still a "small set of posts easy to scroll through"?
Who talks about taking choice away?
You are saying it shouldn't be implemented are you not?
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You state that as a fact, but it is an opinion. I think using a filter would prevent users from seeing posts and comments that they would find interesting. In a sense, it would create a bubble for each user.
Also, HN isn’t that large that a quick visual scan of the home page doesn’t work.
And if writers don’t want to use tags, or can’t even remotely agree on which ones should exist?
For example, in your example list, Code and Software would have significant overlap, AI about always would be software, Politics should be very rare according to the HN guidelines, people would disagree about the definition of Startup.
Tags are hardly rocket science -- simple rules/standards could be setup. Why do you want to take the choice away from people to use tagging? Someone like me reads a lot (on other sites) and I skip 95% of the content here. Why should I have to scroll through posts about: C++ compilers, etc when I know I'm not going to read it?
The tagging approach wouldn't effect you -- you could simply not use it.
Who talks about taking choice away? HN doesn’t offer it, just as it doesn’t offer all but the simplest layout, most emoji, gifs, embedded movies, etc.
Simplicity has its virtues, too.
Simplicity would be having tags to categories the posts. Just like a library has the Dewey Decimal Classification system -- if it were not for that it would be just a chaotic heap of books.
What if someone missed 3 months worth of posts and they want to catch up quickly... is that still a "small set of posts easy to scroll through"?