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Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

469 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source

I would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across.

The increasing AI/LLM domination of the site has made it much less appealing to me.

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toomuchtodo ◴[15 Jul 25 14:52 UTC] No.44571760[source]▶
Feature request: HN could support a tag or label for categorizing a post. This would allow for filtering trivially, and creating views based on participant interest.
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Hasnep ◴[15 Jul 25 15:03 UTC] No.44571875[source]▶
I don't know if you're allowed to promote alternatives to HN, but Lobste.rs has tags which you can follow or completely block. Plus I've found the quality of the discussion is higher than HN, at the cost of much lower quantity.
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1. mdaniel ◴[15 Jul 25 18:57 UTC] No.44574626[source]▶
> at the cost of much lower quantity.

Which they could solve by having a less dumb invite system. They can very easily confirm I am not a bot nor a spammer based on any number of objective metrics I can provide to them. But instead the answer is "idle in IRC, hope for the best" and thus they end up with the audience who is willing to jump through those hoops

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2. Hasnep ◴[16 Jul 25 11:05 UTC] No.44580850[source]▶
If you're looking for an invite my email is on my hn profile, email me and I'll invite you