Proposing a Fork in HN to Enhance Content Discovery
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Summary
The article discusses the decline in quality of content on HN (Hacker News) and proposes the idea of forking HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other" to improve content discovery.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledI would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across.
Now I find maybe one story I want, and I routinely will scan through 4 or 5 pages (down to 120 to 160) and only find a handful (4 or 5) that I want to read.
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