Yes. Posts like "How to make $1 million with embarrassingly little work" are always going to make it to the HN frontpage.
Which makes me wonder. Are we here to discuss technology? Or are we here to daydream how we get rich while sleeping?
Also the "hackers" on HN are increasingly buying systems that are built to resist hacking and that have a target audience that can be described as "mom, dad and grandparents". Something feels not right.
The other day I saw a post here asking people about how much they had saved and what their age was. A completely pointless dick-measuring thing, that I thought I wouldn’t find even in the likes of Reddit.
I follow HN on and off, usually just lurking, since 2017. But lately I’ve noticed a surprising amount of people humble bragging about their crypto wallets, their no-work-million-dollars startup, and how good their lives are since they left Facebook.
Which makes me wonder. Are we here to discuss technology? Or are we here to daydream how we get rich while sleeping?
Also the "hackers" on HN are increasingly buying systems that are built to resist hacking and that have a target audience that can be described as "mom, dad and grandparents". Something feels not right.