Vote for politicians that want to address monopolies in big tech, so someday we have real alternatives to Apple and Google that I can consider switching to.
Are you confused about the stock market? I know I am. I'm a data nerd who is putting together free analytics for people who want to track and understand what's going on in financial markets.
I'd love to have some beta testers if any HN readers are interested in this.
Hey I'm also working in this space (most exotics and vol), but not really for a consumer product in the same vein, but I'd love to help you beta test! My email is in my profile
do you feel like the 20% of your submissions that go to the top are your best submissions?
for me, my submissions that get attention are not my best submissions, IMO.
i can spend a long time on a really thoughtful idea or product, and get zero clicks from a hacker news submission, whereas sharing a poorly researched press article with a clickbaity headline goes to the front page.
Well, it is called Hacker News, not Hacker Show. Looking at the Show page (which I rarely do), most of even the top page has hardly any comments. People come here for news, to discuss things...For me, some of the best things are on AskHN. Mostly when I've asked questions, I get little or no response. They're things I would comment on if I saw them asked, I eagerly await answers, but usually..not much response. (I didn't post "Is Hacker News broken?" asking why HN ignored my fascinating questions, saying how HN doesn't know quality etc. That would've been weird, don't you think.)
People are busy with their own stuff. News, I guess, being generally informed, comes under "one's own stuff"; checking out other's peoples' stuff, especially the new and untested, is something else. Probably mostly not worth bothering about.
Why assume the voting would be accurately proportional to the quality of the submission? Although you seem to be comparing News clicks with Show clicks - apples with oranges. It's hard to put oneself in the shoes of an imagined HN reader, what would make them want to click through to something. Probably it's good that people can't guess - if it was the total 'echo chamber' it's accused of being, people would share more similar taste, I guess.
I agree. I've felt like that similarly, but I realize that I'm biased in certain ways. Things that appeal to me don't necessarily appeal to everyone.
I religiously watch and post Kurzgesagt videos, but they've never been upvoted. Every year, I've posted a story on how someone took over a .int domain. These are brilliant "hacker" topics but what makes it to the front page are my submissions on "www vs apex domain" and criticisms of the GPL.
You've got to realize: HN isn't a superset of what every hacker loves, it's a subset. Most of the time, what we like doesn't get voted up.
it's subjective, but i think most would agree that "best" doesn't mean "requires a voting ring to get actual consideration" or "requires a super-clickbaity title" (like the title of this post)
Imagine if Hacker News was whitelisted to a set of people you trust & respect (so only their votes count), and it queued up the top links so you don't miss anything, even if you take a day or two off. That's what we're trying to build.
