Le sigh. All of the comments are on the UX of the site, and not the content of the article. Come on guys.
This article was really interesting to me (though obviously he doesn't get terribly into depth). I find data vis like this, whether it be super meaningful or not to be really cool. I'd like to see more analysis like this done with it.
This is what happens when your UX is so bad it's a distraction. It's like complaining that nobody is listening to your lecture on particle physics just because you are delivering it in full bondage gear. I personally was too dumb to figure out that the OP isn't just a link to a gif, and came to the comments here to see what the deal was.
Given all the distraction and lack of attention to whatever the subject actually is, I'd hope the author might reconsider the delivery method.
In this case specifically, since multiple comments addressed people being "unable to find" the content, you might have a point. I don't feel like that's typically the case on HN, though.
It more commonly seems like "this wasn't immediately obvious or in a format I'm already comfortable with, shame on you." That, to me, seems like (UX) innovation killing potential. I'm sure that's an entirely different discussion, but I don't think experimenting with new things like this is a bad thing.
That's because this is "linkbait". The poster is a founder of Tapestry, the site actually hosting this content.
To be honest, I'm fine with this kind of submission, I think it's a better way to see a product in context than a "Show HN", however, some people may see it as being underhanded as it defies the convention around here.
To an extent, I see what you're saying. However, I didn't take this particular linked "tapestry" as a "join this site" mechanic. Well, I think the last slide said join or something, but I don't get the correlation at all between the content of that slide set and desiring to join the site. Is Tapestry intended to show data visualizations like this or something? I didn't get that vibe from it.
If people had concerns like these, then maybe I'd agree with you. If all people can focus on is the UX of a site, as they tend to with ANY post, be it Show HN or otherwise, I stick with me original statement.
That's because startups just need a fancy shmancy CRUD UI in order to raise millions of dollars and get acquired! Who cares what happens in the backend?! Le sigh.. I agree with you.
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Le sigh. All of the comments are on the UX of the site, and not the content of the article. Come on guys.
This article was really interesting to me (though obviously he doesn't get terribly into depth). I find data vis like this, whether it be super meaningful or not to be really cool. I'd like to see more analysis like this done with it.
This is what happens when your UX is so bad it's a distraction. It's like complaining that nobody is listening to your lecture on particle physics just because you are delivering it in full bondage gear. I personally was too dumb to figure out that the OP isn't just a link to a gif, and came to the comments here to see what the deal was.
Given all the distraction and lack of attention to whatever the subject actually is, I'd hope the author might reconsider the delivery method.
In this case specifically, since multiple comments addressed people being "unable to find" the content, you might have a point. I don't feel like that's typically the case on HN, though.
It more commonly seems like "this wasn't immediately obvious or in a format I'm already comfortable with, shame on you." That, to me, seems like (UX) innovation killing potential. I'm sure that's an entirely different discussion, but I don't think experimenting with new things like this is a bad thing.
That's because this is "linkbait". The poster is a founder of Tapestry, the site actually hosting this content.
To be honest, I'm fine with this kind of submission, I think it's a better way to see a product in context than a "Show HN", however, some people may see it as being underhanded as it defies the convention around here.
To an extent, I see what you're saying. However, I didn't take this particular linked "tapestry" as a "join this site" mechanic. Well, I think the last slide said join or something, but I don't get the correlation at all between the content of that slide set and desiring to join the site. Is Tapestry intended to show data visualizations like this or something? I didn't get that vibe from it.
If people had concerns like these, then maybe I'd agree with you. If all people can focus on is the UX of a site, as they tend to with ANY post, be it Show HN or otherwise, I stick with me original statement.
That's because startups just need a fancy shmancy CRUD UI in order to raise millions of dollars and get acquired! Who cares what happens in the backend?! Le sigh.. I agree with you.