DesignerNews is almost dead

over 3 years ago from Riho Kroll, Lead UI/UX Designer

Taylor Palmer, over 3 years ago
This seems indicative of two things:
1. People like to complain on the internet
2. People are drawn to engaging conversations.
If everyone who came to upvote the threads about DNs culture dying would also post provocative conversations and comments, I think you would see the trend reverse.
6 points
- Bart S, over 3 years ago
  That's only 50% of the solution if you ask me. A ton of useless stuff gets posted here, upvoted by friends/coworkers and thus making more valuable posts almost invisible. As of writing this, the top 3 posts I see link to the following:
  https://niceverynice.com/blog/free-magazine-mockups/https://dribbble.com/shots/7380498-Performance-testing-illustration https://blog.prototypr.io/how-to-inspire-people-d81c500f1164
  They're all shit. If I want to read a prototypr article I go to the fucking prototypr website. I dont need to see shitty dribbble self promotion. And I most certainly don't need 42 useless free magazine mockups.
  12 points
  - Jon ., over 3 years ago
    This
    0 points
  - Taylor Palmer, over 3 years ago
    I do agree with this. The soliciting and voting rings are a separate issue, as well. I don't believe that solving one necessarily solves the other, but they are correlated for sure.
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