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Most visitors to HN are unlikely to have a significant voice in defining the UX of things they build for a living.

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Most stakeholders with voice in defining the UX of things they build for a living do not visit HN.

I see many posts on HN about how to design a good UX. Are these posts made for the wrong audience?

The hope is that the audience for these posts, generally indie developers building new sites from scratch, will one day be able to shape the existing large sites that can afford to employ the majority of developers.

The reality is that the existing large sites that can afford to employ the majority of developers have PMs that mandate the horrific UX we encounter day to day.

Right -- I joke that HN's design weeds out people who both a) need a site to look glamorous, and b) are incapable of modifying it on their end to look that way. That probably has significant overlap with UX designers who determine other sites' looks!

I thought this was a place for startup founders.

Sure, and a lot of other folks too.

Startup founders are certainly a minority of HN visitors.

Let's do a poll:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34507665

I'm curious how many people are starting or want to start a business here. I always assumed the percentage was pretty high.

The culture has shifted over the last 15 years or so. Initially it was indeed for YC and YC adjacent founders, but it evolved into a general tech news and tech workers forum. I'm not sure of any other good startup-specific forum that hasn't descended into spamming links rather than cultivating good discussion.

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