Digg has coped "OK" because you can just go into the technology/science sections and find what your interested in, but the front page stories and the comments which go a long with them however, make the average Myspace page look sophisticated. I guess that's as good as it gets when you open your universal service to the world, along with the stupid people which occupy it, with all their cheap-gags.
I just hope Hacker News will stay as close to it is now, for years to come! :)
I'm trying to figure out whether your "Defiantly." was an accidental typo or an intentionally ironic nod to digg/youtube style comments where nobody actually knows how to spell "definitely."
Except that digg looks beautiful and is a joy to use. I'd like to use the phrase "compared to myspace" because it makes my point clearer in this context but it also cheapens digg. So I'll say "compared to just about anybody."
Personally I like to find a balance...I upvoted this because it's hilarious, and I haven't seen any humor on HN for a while. If there was a joke site like this posted every few day I wouldn't upvote any of them.
Life is a balance, if you are going 100% you are going to burn out. So take a little break, don't worry work will be right there for you in the few seconds it takes to enjoy the humor in the site.
There's a very different tone here. The articles used to be focused on building the future. Now it's moving increasingly towards shallow analysis of tech news. It's just less interesting. Nasty, sniping submissions like the OP are the next step. It's only a few more 'till lolcats.
