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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by rsync on Monday June 20, 2016 @12:07PM (#11938914)
"Only speaking personally, what happened for me was that I noticed that these utopian online communities that we reinvented are not really particularly wonderful because a lot of the loudest people in such communities are really nasty people with really nasty things to say."

It's interesting that you say that here, on this forum, which in my mind has defied that stereotype for quite a long time.

The aesthetic barrier to entry of plain text and limited function along with (relatively) little support or help is, I think, a fairly decent recipe and one we see succeeding in places like craigslist, which has shown surprising longevity and utility.

I am optimistic that this recipe will start to influence designers and builders more and more ...

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by sanderjd on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:58AM (#11946080)
HN isn't one of those utopian "everyman" (to cop another reply's language) communities. It has a lot of rules, both explicit and implicit, and is very elitist. My (poorly made) point is that I don't see why we need a utopian reinvention when the utopian stuff hasn't worked while the web in its current state is already so useful at connecting people.
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