On: Advice I Wish I'd Been Told (1999)

[vvvv]

Vehemently no. I enjoy the unfiltered, random view and don't want somebody else deciding how to tweak the personalisation algorithm.

[ptaipale → vvvv]

Right. The personalisation algorithms are one reason for Facebook and Twitter confirmation bias bubbles.

[bnegreve → vvvv]

HN is filtered. The main page is a list of article which have been selected and upvoted by small unrepresentative subset of the population. I agree that it's not personalized though.

[hueving → bnegreve]

>HN is filtered.

Not relative to what everyone else is seeing.

[AnimalMuppet → bnegreve]

Then click on "new" (it's only one click away), and you'll see everything that's submitted. If you change your profile to have "showdead" = "yes", you'll really see everything - even the stuff that's flagged or downvoted to oblivion.

[bmer → vvvv]

What if the feature could be turned on and off (like with a radio button), so you could see both "views" (random vs. upvote history based), depending on your preference, or curiosity?

[vvvv → bmer]

I personally prefer clickable thematic tags, which HN is already somewhat implementing with "new" and "show".

[vinchuco → vvvv]

Ditto