Is HN the new Techcrunch?

by tzm on 4/2/2011, 6:58 PM with 17 comments

I see more depth and breadth of quality information coming out of HN than from Techcrunch, which used be the dominant channel in my daily routines.

Thoughts?

  • by michaelpinto on 4/2/2011, 7:03 PM

    For my money the answer is yes! What Techcrunch did well back in the day is that it covered the startup scene -- HN improves upon that by acting as a link toolkit of sorts. Also unlike Techcrunch which was top/down this site is really about the community (i.e. the quality of the comments) so you've captured some of the magic of reddit/digg. What's interesting to me is that this has nothing to do with the technology, but with the curation skills of the community.

  • by jiparker on 4/2/2011, 10:07 PM

    No. Pass the word. HN is not the new Techcrunch. These aren't the droids you are looking for. Move along. Move along.

  • by jefftala on 4/2/2011, 7:04 PM

    I'm not convinced. Isn't HN the new Digg, and Digg was the new Slashdot?

    These 3 sites (HN, Digg, Slashdot) are all user submitted stories. Techcrunch is just one source of many for those stories.

  • by dglassan on 4/2/2011, 7:30 PM

    I would say no. For a while now Apple/Twitter/Facebook have dominated TC. TechCrunch has shifted from startup/funding focused stories to more mainstream tech news.

    HN will always have an awesome community that TechCrunch never had. HN is a place to exchange ideas and read about what's going on in the startup industry.

    I sure hope this place doesn't become the new TechCrunch...

  • by benologist on 4/2/2011, 7:09 PM

    If I end up at TC these days it's because of a link here.

    I used to check web20.originalsignal.com multiple times a day to keep up with TC (and the others) but their constant forcing of crunchgear/etc exerts into their RSS feed turned me off that, and their topic-incest turned me off actually going to the site a long time ago.

  • by grumpybaglady on 4/2/2011, 7:09 PM

    Apples and oranges in my opinion. Techcrunch is not a community driven site but rather a contributer driven site.

  • by duopixel on 4/2/2011, 7:31 PM

    Yes, unfortunately.

    HN lately is much more about entrepreneurship and startup PR than it is about crafting software.

    Not that it's bad, it's just that the ratio has gone out of hand. I question wether "Hacker News" is an appropriate name for this place anymore.

  • by Tycho on 4/2/2011, 7:16 PM

    Are there bloggers here who primarily submit to HN for their audience? And if so, if you listed them all, how would HN stack up to the Techcrunch roster?

  • by ScottWhigham on 4/3/2011, 3:16 PM

    First Jeff Atwood kept posting all the links to HN in his blog. Now people are perceiving this is the new TechCrunch? Wow.

  • by mw63214 on 4/2/2011, 7:03 PM

    my level of agreement could be qualified as "strong" to "quite strong".

  • by stevenj on 4/2/2011, 7:22 PM

    HN is HN.