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> As they are now, reddit and HN are require you to be there when something is "current", and that's ultimately not that much better than TV.

One thing I don't think people have addressed is that that's the goal for them; it's not necessarily to be "useful" to the end user. If they can make users feel like they have to be on reddit 24/7 to stay "current" and not miss anything, then they will. Facebook does the same thing.



For Reddit, this is understandable. For HN, an aggregator which tries to take the high road (or claims to), it is not.




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