I don’t think this solves one of the huge problems with culture on the internet right now, which is stacks vs queues
with only a few exceptions[1], all social media, including HN, present information to you in a stack, most recent first, mostly with no option to change that. this forces everything to be shallow, surface-level and understandable to beginners, otherwise you don’t attract new viewers or followers
even beyond losing their attention spans, people are being trained out of learning things in depth. of building upon knowledge. it’s sad and it’s probably going to be damaging in years to come
[1] - youtube playlists are the only exception that jumps to mind, but even youtube is driving hard in the other direction, removing “sort by oldest” from channels and heavily pushing shorts
with only a few exceptions[1], all social media, including HN, present information to you in a stack, most recent first, mostly with no option to change that. this forces everything to be shallow, surface-level and understandable to beginners, otherwise you don’t attract new viewers or followers
even beyond losing their attention spans, people are being trained out of learning things in depth. of building upon knowledge. it’s sad and it’s probably going to be damaging in years to come
[1] - youtube playlists are the only exception that jumps to mind, but even youtube is driving hard in the other direction, removing “sort by oldest” from channels and heavily pushing shorts