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This doesn't feel as much a social network as an unstructured dumping ground of noise vaguely related to "programming", in an insultingly naive sense of the ter
by Animus7 14y ago
This doesn't feel as much a social network as an unstructured dumping ground of noise vaguely related to "programming", in an insultingly naive sense of the term [1].
Maybe there's some grand plan here, but I don't see it. As it stands no self-respecting "programmer" is going to use this site because it serves no purpose, nor does it solve any problems. We'll use StackOverflow because it does.
[1] see the landing page photo.
- jofo25 14y agoSuddenly this thread comes to mind http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 All you comments may be valid, but for me it just came across as quite vicious.
- DominikR 14y agoAfter all HN is a forum with lots of programmers, which may feel that this landing page image is insulting. It's not that I'm against the concept itself, since I wanted to test the product immediately after I read the headline here, but that image instantly killed off any desire to try it.
- FrancescoRizzi 14y agoI second DominikR: img/bg.jpg was really a turn off (and I like to think I'm smack in the middle of the apparently intended target audience)
- norswap 14y agoIt might be a little bit aggressive, but the core point "because it serves no purpose, nor does it solve any problems" is totally valid.
- bsenftner 14y agoinsulting: a definition of C++ that includes how to pronounce it as "see plus plus".