top | item 22860878 (no title) sashavingardt2 | 5 years ago Why is this at the top of HN? discuss order hn newest dang|5 years ago It's common for quirky, easy-to-understand technical posts, for example that cover something familiar from an unfamiliar angle, to do well on HN. dsr_|5 years ago This is a FAQ now, I think.The answer is a combination of:* somebody submitted it* people upvoted it* the algorithm weights new more than old* lots of people have things to say about it, including recommendations for other tools, neat hacks, and observations on general utility m463|5 years ago I'm reminded of this story:https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html DonCopal|5 years ago It goes to show that terminal fanatics still haven't find a simple solution to this problem even after 50 years. wondringaloud|5 years ago I've been asking myself that question more and more. It seems HN has been slowly becoming a Reddit-lite. There are significantly more low-quality "thanks! this is great!" comments and "witty" one-liners everywhere.Not to mention posts like these. dang|5 years ago People have been saying this since before Startup News was renamed to Hacker News in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721 toomuchtodo|5 years ago Everyone is a beginner at some point. Community and content shape the culture.
dang|5 years ago It's common for quirky, easy-to-understand technical posts, for example that cover something familiar from an unfamiliar angle, to do well on HN.
dsr_|5 years ago This is a FAQ now, I think.The answer is a combination of:* somebody submitted it* people upvoted it* the algorithm weights new more than old* lots of people have things to say about it, including recommendations for other tools, neat hacks, and observations on general utility
DonCopal|5 years ago It goes to show that terminal fanatics still haven't find a simple solution to this problem even after 50 years.
wondringaloud|5 years ago I've been asking myself that question more and more. It seems HN has been slowly becoming a Reddit-lite. There are significantly more low-quality "thanks! this is great!" comments and "witty" one-liners everywhere.Not to mention posts like these. dang|5 years ago People have been saying this since before Startup News was renamed to Hacker News in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721 toomuchtodo|5 years ago Everyone is a beginner at some point. Community and content shape the culture.
dang|5 years ago People have been saying this since before Startup News was renamed to Hacker News in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721
toomuchtodo|5 years ago Everyone is a beginner at some point. Community and content shape the culture.
dang|5 years ago
dsr_|5 years ago
The answer is a combination of:
* somebody submitted it
* people upvoted it
* the algorithm weights new more than old
* lots of people have things to say about it, including recommendations for other tools, neat hacks, and observations on general utility
m463|5 years ago
https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html
DonCopal|5 years ago
wondringaloud|5 years ago
Not to mention posts like these.
dang|5 years ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721
toomuchtodo|5 years ago