The types and quality of stories on HN are like the tides; it regularly
varies. One of the goals for HN is to have a good, balanced mix of
interesting stories. Due to voting, populist stuff will surface, but HN
still has an appreciation for heavy-weight, time-intensive articles.
Some truly great stories get few, if any, comments. If a post requires
effort or specialized knowledge to even ask good questions, then there
isn't much discussion. This happens a lot when academic papers are
posted since reading a paper might require a multi-hour investment, but
even when there is little discussion, it's good to have heavy articles
submitted. They balance out the other stuff.
If you find something great-but-overlooked in the /newest queue, then
send an email to [email protected] asking for a repost request to be
sent to the original submitter. That's what I did with this article, but
Dan (dang) asked me to repost it myself. Neither 'ingve' nor I care who
gets the credit/karma, but a lot of people want great articles to get
attention on HN.
HN is what we make it.
Some truly great stories get few, if any, comments. If a post requires effort or specialized knowledge to even ask good questions, then there isn't much discussion. This happens a lot when academic papers are posted since reading a paper might require a multi-hour investment, but even when there is little discussion, it's good to have heavy articles submitted. They balance out the other stuff.
If you find something great-but-overlooked in the /newest queue, then send an email to [email protected] asking for a repost request to be sent to the original submitter. That's what I did with this article, but Dan (dang) asked me to repost it myself. Neither 'ingve' nor I care who gets the credit/karma, but a lot of people want great articles to get attention on HN.
HN is what we make it.