One of the more concerning comments I hear people make about what they like about Stacker News is "This is what _______ used to be like."
I think the secret sauce, assuming SN doesn't become a "used to be", is @k00b's obsession with making sure the mechanics of the site are serving us. Personally, I think he may have fixed social media.
And also @koob's interaction. And the other main people that I interact with on a daily bases, usually :)
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I agree that there are great people here, but that has happened elsewhere and failed to sustain. If this works, it will be because it's designed to avoid the fates of other platforms.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taft 26 Jul
I agree that there are great people here, but that has happened elsewhere and failed to sustain. If this works, it will be because it's designed to avoid the fates of other platforms.
That’s right!
I also agree that the secret sauce is @k00b.
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This platform has been here a while, right?
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Three years, but most of the active users have been here less than two years.
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Oh really? I notice some old faces popping by once in a while. Seems like the new crowd is here to stay.
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That's how it seemed a year ago and many of them are gone.
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Right. You cant see it when you are in the thick of it!
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I think it’s amazing how SN has allowed people to gain ownership of their territories
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