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698 points tilt | 1 comments | 29 Sep 15 18:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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happyscrappy ◴[29 Sep 15 18:55 UTC] No.10298627[source]▶
>I don't plan to be very involved--other than as an enthusiastic user (who would, however, prefer that it be easier to read on a phone)

I always assumed not having a mobile style sheet was intentional to slow down eternal September, but if sama is asking for it then that can't be the case, right?

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krapp ◴[29 Sep 15 19:02 UTC] No.10298672[source]▶
But most of the complaints about that are coming from existing Hacker News users, for whom the experience on mobile is terrible.

If Hacker News was as adamant about stopping the Eternal September effect as some people believe, they would demand references and a CV before letting anyone join, or else be invite-only like lobste.rs. Not having a mobile stylesheet doesn't really seem like it would help in that regard.

Cynicism and incivility are far more corrosive to this community than the Eternal September effect could be, anyway.

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1. happyscrappy ◴[29 Sep 15 19:16 UTC] No.10298776[source]▶
>demand references and a CV

That would not be HN and would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I would imagine most users have used a throwaway acct to make some comment without being brutalized, and some of the best comments come from new users.