HN-type platform with in-house content, would you use it?

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When I want some quality content, the only platform I can confidently visit is HN.Other platforms I have checked out (substack, medium, etc.) are horrible. They are too bloated with dumb people who write dumb articles. Finding high quality articles is very hard. (No, I don't care about 10 awesome tricks in React)Good essays are even harder to find. Most people post those on their own websites. It does not help that such people rarely care about SEO so their websites are almost impossible to just come across by just googling.HN has its own issues. Out of 30 displayed articles, I might be interested in 3-5 in the best case scenario. It would be great if there was some kind of category or tag-based filter I could apply.My question is this. If there was a platform with content of similar quality to HN, that allowed you to: - If you are a reader, quickly find intellectually engaging content (created by writers on the platform), which you can filter if you want, keep tabs on creators that are to your liking, and participate in discussions. - If you are a writer, get access to comfortable (not over the top) environment for writing and revising/editing your content in markdown, publishing the said content and getting feedback in the form of comments.Would you use it? Or is HN enough for the readers, and the writing alternatives enough for the writers?

doblitas · Accepted Answer

IMHO, I think that HN complies with its objective. Of course, the addition of time effectiveness that you want to add would be valuable, but it has to be very well balanced between HN (as it is now) and other tagged/liked-based/filtered/central moderated platforms. I think it's more about the content itself, and not how it looks.I believe that the way HN shows its content is plain, so there are no highlights, no biased information, and that maintains its quality. And that's how it remains reliable.

JohnFen · Answer

I'd use it initially while it's good, and then I'll stop once it becomes crappy. Just like has happened with every other website that has attempted this.I think HN's approach is hard to beat, honestly. At least, it seems to be able to maintain a consistent quality level over the long term.

throwaway2046 · Answer

As a reader I wouldn't mind another source of articles. It surely wouldn't replace HN but more variety is always welcome.I'm curious as to how you will handle content moderation; will everything be vote-based or will there be free/paid moderators?

HN-type platform with in-house content, would you use it?

I'd use it initially while it's good, and then I'll stop once it becomes crappy. Just like has happened with every other website that has attempted this.
I think HN's approach is hard to beat, honestly. At least, it seems to be able to maintain a consistent quality level over the long term.

As a reader I wouldn't mind another source of articles. It surely wouldn't replace HN but more variety is always welcome.
I'm curious as to how you will handle content moderation; will everything be vote-based or will there be free/paid moderators?