Re:The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
by alansaber on Saturday January 03, 2026 @09:33PM
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It's nuanced but for me it boils down to: prefer videos for novel information/narrative, docs for something I know
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Re:The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
by ayewo on Sunday January 04, 2026 @03:48AM
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I'm similar and I think it comes down to the exploration versus exploitation dilemma [1].
When I'm in exploration mode, time is plentiful. This makes linear mediums like videos excellent primary sources of information.
When I'm in exploitation mode, time is short making videos a bad fit for the time I have to spend. I'd rather prefer text-based primary sources that will allow non-linear consumption.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration%E2%80%93exploitati...