Can we get a dedicated gratitude page on HN?

Question

So, I will often come across a bit of tech or an application that I think is amazing and I am just generally blown away by (currently it is handwriting recognition on iPad, I haven't tried it in years and I can't believe how good it is now) and thought it would be good if there was a place on HN to celebrate these kinds of things. Like a &ldquo;Gratitude: &ldquo; post title and then a gratitude link at the top in the nav bar next to &lsquo;show&rsquo; or &lsquo;ask&rsquo; so you could see all the new posts.I think this would be quite good as it would also set the tone of the post to a positive one; HN can be quite negative or critical (and I am guilty of this myself on multiple occasions, especially recently) and having the Gratitude flag may go some way to keeping these posts having a positive focus. I enjoy debate and we need it for a healthy society but it can also be draining and I think it would be nice to have a little corner of HN that you can go to that&rsquo;s a bit cheerier for those times when you just want to share in some positivity.

brudgers · Accepted Answer

I like the sentiment.I suspect it would be an attractive nuisance for spam and marketing in practice.Even if that were managed, I am not sure how intellectually interesting it would be.Finally, I suspect that it would attract about as much cynicism, snark, skepticism, and negativity as anyplace else on HN that allows comments.Of course I might be wrong and YMMV. Good luck.

Archipelagia · Answer

Maybe you'd like to post a thread "What tech are your recently grateful for?" or "What piece of tech recently blown your mind"?(In general, it's usually better to start smaller as a test, rather than committing to a permanent, bigger thing.)

TurkishPoptart · Answer

I'm grateful that this site still has no ads, no pictures, and no JavaScript nonsense.

Waterluvian · Answer

I had this feeling when Shazam came out. It blew me away that it could so consistently figure out a song in seconds.

yawnxyz · Answer

Hmm what if it was a monthly Gratitude post like the who's hiring posts?

rg111 · Answer

> currently it is handwriting recognition on iPad, I haven't tried it in years and I can't believe how good it is nowCould you please let me know which app are you talking about here?

muzani · Answer

I don't really like it, because I fear it might end up like a Product Hunt kind of thing. We've seen this with Show HN for a period of time.We do have regular threads on Ask HN for things like this, and I think they do the trick.

yesenadam · Answer

You could write a Tell HN about your opinion, although better to do a blog post. Or do an Ask HN asking what tech/app people think is amazing/are super-grateful for.

heywherelogingo · Answer

Why not just post a review?

AccountAccount1 · Answer

no thanks

greggarious · Answer

You could submit an article about them or upvote ones you see to show gratitude.Your sentiment is noble, but actions speak louder than words.

Can we get a dedicated gratitude page on HN?

Maybe you'd like to post a thread "What tech are your recently grateful for?" or "What piece of tech recently blown your mind"?
(In general, it's usually better to start smaller as a test, rather than committing to a permanent, bigger thing.)

I'm grateful that this site still has no ads, no pictures, and no JavaScript nonsense.

I had this feeling when Shazam came out. It blew me away that it could so consistently figure out a song in seconds.

Hmm what if it was a monthly Gratitude post like the who's hiring posts?

> currently it is handwriting recognition on iPad, I haven't tried it in years and I can't believe how good it is now
Could you please let me know which app are you talking about here?

I don't really like it, because I fear it might end up like a Product Hunt kind of thing. We've seen this with Show HN for a period of time.
We do have regular threads on Ask HN for things like this, and I think they do the trick.

You could write a Tell HN about your opinion, although better to do a blog post. Or do an Ask HN asking what tech/app people think is amazing/are super-grateful for.

Why not just post a review?

no thanks

You could submit an article about them or upvote ones you see to show gratitude.
Your sentiment is noble, but actions speak louder than words.