Re:Ask YC: Why not just redirect to homepage on Unknown or e...
by m0ntizzl3 on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @12:52PM
(#3048786)
Honestly, of all of the sites I frequent, Hacker News has the worst user experience. This is how I use the site:
1. Go to page 1
2. Read a couple of articles on page 1
3. Hit next page and receive error.
4. Go back to page 1
5. Go to page 2
6. Read a couple of articles from page 2
7. Go to next page and receive error.
8. Go to page 1
9. Go to next page
10. Go to next page
11. Read article from page 3
...
I would be curious to know what percentage of requests to HN return "Unknown or expired link". If I were in control of this website, I would consider this behavior to be unacceptable.
1. Go to page 1
2. Read a couple of articles on page 1
3. Hit next page and receive error.
4. Go back to page 1
5. Go to page 2
6. Read a couple of articles from page 2
7. Go to next page and receive error.
8. Go to page 1
9. Go to next page
10. Go to next page
11. Read article from page 3
...
I would be curious to know what percentage of requests to HN return "Unknown or expired link". If I were in control of this website, I would consider this behavior to be unacceptable.