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introduction to HackerNews

It must have been something like two years ago. While surfing the Internet I came about this tech news website called hackernews or simply: HN for it’s members. And since that day HN is my start of the day. I’m not an active member of the community when it comes to posting links or comments, but I read the topics and comments almost every day.  At first glance HackerNews is just a news site like many others. A really ugly one for that matter. But it powers lie in its simplicity. It is a community where all is focused  on quality content. A simple list of “hot” topics. Voted on by the community and sorted with a time weighting algorithm. The true power of HN may be in the comments. The topics discussed on HN are very broad but almost always contain a link to programming or running your own “online” business.

HackerNews has been originally started by Paul Graham (pg) as a way to collect links and share them with the people they founded via ycombinator. It organically grew to the size it has now. Rarely have I seen a community which such openness and people willingly to help other people. On HN I learned a lot from people like Patrick McKenzie (patio11) whose blog and tweets are a goldmine for online marketing, SEO and A/B testing. Also Jacques Mattheij springs to mind. He maintains a blog about startups and tech in general. And the list goes on and on.

But don’t take my word for it: have a look for yourself: HN’ best. Don’t blame me when you get addicted