Compared to the news sites you've mentioned, I've increasingly discovered that the primary reason I read things on HN is the page load times.
The professional commentary, snark, and community of TechCrunch are lovely - but they simply aren't worth a load time fifteen times longer than a text page full of HN comments and a quick link to the article/startup in question.
Makes me wonder what other things I would more readily consume with a primarily text driven interface...
I honestly thought it only happened to me. I've pretty much stopped reading TC because of it.
I cringe every time there is a good discussion going on HN over a TechCrunch article, because I just know it will inevitably lead to safari crashing on my iPad.
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Compared to the news sites you've mentioned, I've increasingly discovered that the primary reason I read things on HN is the page load times. The professional commentary, snark, and community of TechCrunch are lovely - but they simply aren't worth a load time fifteen times longer than a text page full of HN comments and a quick link to the article/startup in question. Makes me wonder what other things I would more readily consume with a primarily text driven interface...
"Professional commentary" and "community"?
You must be looking at a different website at the domain 'techcrunch.com' than I am.
I also prefer HN because I can comment without having to use FB.
Also, TC dies on the iPad
I honestly thought it only happened to me. I've pretty much stopped reading TC because of it.
I cringe every time there is a good discussion going on HN over a TechCrunch article, because I just know it will inevitably lead to safari crashing on my iPad.