Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works?
by robin_reala on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:37AM
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Would you be open to making changes that improve the accessibility, without changing the fundamental setup of HN? I’m not proposing a redesign, but for example the textarea I’m typing in has no label (visible or invisible) and the table layout structure could be at least marked as presentational. Unfortunately, regardless of their curiosity, groups of people are finding it harder than necessary to gratify it at HN.
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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works?
by dang on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:22PM
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Yes. It's just a matter of finding the cycles to work on it, or even to process other people's generous contributions. I've got so many posts backed up in the inbox about that, staring reproachfully at me. One of these days (er, years) we'll do some serious work on that level.
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works?
by robin_reala on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:33PM
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Obviously up to you, but I’d be happy to help; this is my specialism and I’ve had a bunch of value out of HN over the years.