Why do you believe tags as a feature is at odd with the purpose being a "cross section of interesting ephemera?" That seems like an odd dichotomy to make. Or do you just have a general aversion to features that exist on Reddit?
Lobste.rs is basically Hacker News with tags and it seems to do alright.
He is one of those "the rule is the rule; repeat mantra" type of people.
If libraries didn't have the Dewey tagging system he would be saying the same thing about them.
Thanks for the lobster link.
Also, because tags are functionally the same as subreddits. I come to HN because I want to be surprised and because I know we're all experiencing the same content.
If we let people subdivide into clades, HN changes its character, and becomes a place where posters show up only for a particular class of content and don't engage with other classes.
HN works, imo, because we're all sharing the space together.
I come to HN because I want to be surprised and because I know we're all experiencing the same content.
That's great for you... many people don't share your view though. Why do you want to force them to share your views. Why not let people interact with HN how they want to? If you're not interested in debugging C compilers why should you be forced to read those posts?
HN works, imo, because we're all sharing the space together.
This is an illusion. At least 80% of people here skip 80% of the posts.
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Because HN is not Reddit? It's meant to be a cross section of interesting ephemera.
Why do you believe tags as a feature is at odd with the purpose being a "cross section of interesting ephemera?" That seems like an odd dichotomy to make. Or do you just have a general aversion to features that exist on Reddit?
Lobste.rs is basically Hacker News with tags and it seems to do alright.
He is one of those "the rule is the rule; repeat mantra" type of people. If libraries didn't have the Dewey tagging system he would be saying the same thing about them. Thanks for the lobster link.
Not he.
Also, because tags are functionally the same as subreddits. I come to HN because I want to be surprised and because I know we're all experiencing the same content.
If we let people subdivide into clades, HN changes its character, and becomes a place where posters show up only for a particular class of content and don't engage with other classes.
HN works, imo, because we're all sharing the space together.
That's great for you... many people don't share your view though. Why do you want to force them to share your views. Why not let people interact with HN how they want to? If you're not interested in debugging C compilers why should you be forced to read those posts?
This is an illusion. At least 80% of people here skip 80% of the posts.