sraut

I don't know what has happened but googling Hacker News doesn't show hacker news on the front page anymore.

I think Google may have made an algorithm change because it seemed interesting to note the highly ranked pages had hacker news directly in the url (instead of news.ycombinator etc). Even the wikipedia entry is ranked higher.

I had a thought that was kind of amusing. pg has intentionally hidden HN from search engines to avoid the flood of new users and preserve the quality of the site.

I was wondering why is this happening?

Frequently while reading one of your essays, I will read the footnote immediately after finishing the paragraph to understand the context of the footnote. But near the footnote there is no link back to the corresponding paragraph. So the footnote is often followed by a horrifying scrolling period leading back to the paragraph which is disorienting and detracts from the essay.

I don't know if this is just me, but I'm sure if I've experienced it others likely have also.

If you could kindly add the extra links in future essays, that would be aces. I'm sure an intern or anyone really would be more than willing to add them retroactively also. I think it would improve the reading experience (and one of the few advantages reading on a computer has over conventional novels).

Now I'm going to casually slide back into the darkness of Hacker News.

Kind Regards,

Your friendly neighbourhood Sohum