Re:Being a Noob
by yesenadam on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:32PM
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>most of the early posts were his blog posts. HN used to be all startups and tech all the time.
To respond just to this part: I don't think either of these things are true. With "past" you can look around the front page in 2007-8. I just did - not very different at all from today. Not many pg essays around - none on most days on the front page. The titles are a lot longer today, seems the main difference!
Re:Being a Noob
by bnjms on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:48AM
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I shouldn’t have been so hyperbolic. Basically PG was a huge part of HN back then. You’ll see a lot of people writing as if they know him and everything by him or the likes of Steve Blank was voted to the top.
To respond just to this part: I don't think either of these things are true. With "past" you can look around the front page in 2007-8. I just did - not very different at all from today. Not many pg essays around - none on most days on the front page. The titles are a lot longer today, seems the main difference!