Is it just me, or is HN becoming a dumping ground for worthless stories from internet "media" rags like Vox, The Atlantic, etc.? Are these outlets spamming their stories to HN, or are people simply karma-whoring?
HN's mandate is "anything that gratifies intellectual curiosity". As people's curiosities differ, so do their opinions about what's on topic. When you run into a streak of articles you don't like—and randomness guarantees such streaks—it starts to feel like HN has gone off the rails. The underlying system is more stable than that makes it seem.
Fortunately, if you don't like one article, there are others. For example, you can always look at what you missed yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2018-11-21.
I am often anxious about missing some important piece of news and it makes me keep reading, feeding my HN "addiction". If I knew I could just come back later and check yesterday's new I would feel a lot less compelled to finish reading the front page before it expires.
'Yesterday' for only a link to the previous day or 'Archive' for a list of past dates.Maybe something as laconic as "front" would suffice?
Maybe 'old' or 'older'...I kind of like that by contrast with 'new'.
"Older" would be my choice between those two.
Sure, but I guess then I lament the lack of “approvable opinions”, or diversity of opinion.
See the guy above downvoted into oblivion for wanting more tech articles on hackernews. I don’t love it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between here and Reddit including the bubble and brigading.
Edit: well, way to prove my point about lack of “acceptable opinions” :D
To your point about the bubble, that is why I want more articles that are not tech focused. I don't care about your javascript framework, I don't care about why this datastore is better over that datastore, and I most definitely don't care about why I should be using Python 3 over Python 2. I care about the intersection of technology and humanity, I care about biomedical developments (which you might consider outside of HN's wheelhouse), I care about how technology can be used to strengthen democracy, raise the poorest out of poverty, and to save lives. I care about people more than technology. Alongside these topics, I want intelligent discourse between subject matter experts and the intellectually curious. This is why I'm here.
EDIT: With regards to "approvable opinions", don't let the fake internet points discourage you. I still voice opinions that I think are based on sound thesis in this forum, regardless of how the hive responds. As the saying goes, "My opinions are my own".
We can both get what we want. Happy holidays to you!
Please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.