- while HN is somewhat focussed on SV, it is coveraging a very broad global set of new & inspiring information
- HN runs flawless on nearly everyone device with superslow capacity (I have been in places where HN was the only page that was loaded because of the bad internet connection, while all other pages failed, even Google or Wikipedia). The page just loads - and this very fast
- for sure, here we do not have Ads
- from a personal perspective: So far this is the only page covering my core interests that broadly: they are arround tech, web, internet, digital, finance, economy, useful news, inspirations, psychology
- HN is that influental in my country, that local tech websites are actually copying the content from here
So let me put it that way:
HN is a melting pot of a very thin group of people who are working on inspiring stuff I like.
(and I like the lurkers here: Very often there is an article about X, then someone shows up in the comments and says "Im working on X, I can explain in all details")
You are special for some topic, perhaps only a niche topic. Make good comments in that topic, ask good questions in topics you are interested, upvote good comments and use the downvote button very seldom. Just use your special secret powers to make this small cornet of the internet special.
EU citizen here, for several reasons:
- while HN is somewhat focussed on SV, it is coveraging a very broad global set of new & inspiring information
- HN runs flawless on nearly everyone device with superslow capacity (I have been in places where HN was the only page that was loaded because of the bad internet connection, while all other pages failed, even Google or Wikipedia). The page just loads - and this very fast
- for sure, here we do not have Ads
- from a personal perspective: So far this is the only page covering my core interests that broadly: they are arround tech, web, internet, digital, finance, economy, useful news, inspirations, psychology
- HN is that influental in my country, that local tech websites are actually copying the content from here
So let me put it that way: HN is a melting pot of a very thin group of people who are working on inspiring stuff I like.
(and I like the lurkers here: Very often there is an article about X, then someone shows up in the comments and says "Im working on X, I can explain in all details")
> We have way loss total "subscribers" (excluding just lurkers) than your average C-tier YouTuber, or even a Rumbler.
Why exclude just lurkers? HN has a lot of them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36146958
Do you mean the average C-tier YouTuber has more than 40,000 different people commenting on their videos every month?
I think so yes. 5M lurkers
Hacker News is a friendly forum, heavily moderated, for the exchange of ideas.
It’s basically “what the internet is supposed to be like”, IMNSHO.
Ideas are influential. Everything you see started out as an idea. Don’t like what you see? Create something better, and follow through.
As for RFC’s and the like, there are github and alternatives.
> We are not special
You are special for some topic, perhaps only a niche topic. Make good comments in that topic, ask good questions in topics you are interested, upvote good comments and use the downvote button very seldom. Just use your special secret powers to make this small cornet of the internet special.
I meant it less like we have no ability and more like we’re not different to everybody else everybody has ability