At what point do we accept that HN has become little more than an advertising channel dominated by thinly veiled sales pitches that pretend to be informative or opinionated?
This particular blog post feels like a bait and switch because I clicked the link hoping to learn something new about this real problem that we are facing and it was not until that last few paragraphs until it was confirmed that I was being sold too. Is this really the type of content that we want to promote to the top page of HN, the very same place where so many critical and important issues have been discussed over the last several years?
I hate to be "that guy" but the over last year, nearly every article or opinion piece I think I am reading is someone's blog post promoting their new product. I do realize that products and start-ups are THE culture here but there used to be a lot more actual opinions posted and many less blatant sales pitches.
Sorry for the rant, but I personally find myself visiting the site much less frequently because of this.
It's been that way for a while now. The ones that really get my goat are the absolutely shameless plugs in the comments that have only a shadow of relevancy to the article.
You know the ones.
Article: Great mathematician has passed
Comment: This reminds me of the iPhone calculator app I'm making, because it does math. You should check it out
This particular blog post feels like a bait and switch because I clicked the link hoping to learn something new about this real problem that we are facing and it was not until that last few paragraphs until it was confirmed that I was being sold too. Is this really the type of content that we want to promote to the top page of HN, the very same place where so many critical and important issues have been discussed over the last several years?
I hate to be "that guy" but the over last year, nearly every article or opinion piece I think I am reading is someone's blog post promoting their new product. I do realize that products and start-ups are THE culture here but there used to be a lot more actual opinions posted and many less blatant sales pitches.
Sorry for the rant, but I personally find myself visiting the site much less frequently because of this.