Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
by maxaf on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:09PM
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HN isn't a social network. It's centered around topics (articles, Show/Ask HN, ...) rather than individuals. There's no way for me to follow or contact a particular user.
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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
by hollerith on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:10PM
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>There's no way for me to follow . . . a particular user
So this is not good enough for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=maxaf
Is that because there is no way to get notified by email when a new comment is made by the user?
Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
by maxaf on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:16PM
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It's not the same as following in the traditional "use the follow to populate a timeline or feed" sense. I don't come to HN wondering "what did my peeps comment today?", rather I come to glance at particular stories, and perhaps read the comments.
The "engagement" aspect of HN is in the quality of items that make it to the front page, and in the comments. It's not in the slow drip-drip-drip of near-real-time notification regarding the activities of specific users.