Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning

Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning by lwansbrough on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @04:02PM (#47053303)

I'm haunted by the criticism Dropbox received from HN users when they posted their project here. While I respect the views many of us have, I think this has the potential to have the StackOverflow effect where the community makes the whole process miserable and worse.

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Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning by tptacek on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @05:16PM (#47054194)

Note well that the most famous example of this is a misreading that has snowballed into a kind of cultural legend. The thread in question was about Dropbox's application to YC, not the value of Dropbox itself, and the feedback was constructive and well-intentioned.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42392302

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