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by sdrothrock 3313 days ago
> As they are now, reddit and HN are require you to be there when something is "current", and that's ultimately not that much better than TV.

One thing I don't think people have addressed is that that's the goal for them; it's not necessarily to be "useful" to the end user. If they can make users feel like they have to be on reddit 24/7 to stay "current" and not miss anything, then they will. Facebook does the same thing.

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For Reddit, this is understandable. For HN, an aggregator which tries to take the high road (or claims to), it is not.