I really enjoy that HN lacks these distractions, so the presence of the avatars at the posted site was a disappointment. Still, it was much better than most.
Part of the appeal of HN is I get interesting stuff from all over (#) not just my niche.
TO do an HN, but have it on one niche seems missing the point.
(#) less of it now, these kids today, back when I were a lad ... shoebox .. motorway.
At the end, the success or failure of these kind of web sites tend to be more related to the community rather than the look or the features.
My question then remains, what is different?
>>Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
It's a very subjective question. One answer can be why there's HN or why there's StackOverflow or why there's both.
It's actually good to have a dedicated JS forum, even if there are already many out there. Besides, on HN everything is posted - everything. People participating here are https://twitter.com/thejayfields/status/235074734163898368
I am just trying to understand its value for myself.
This would have saved a lot of programming effort.
And FWIW, Telescope may preserve the functionality of HN, but I like the design a lot less (though the Echo design could use some work).
Indubitably!
Need coffee....
