alt Hacker NewsIt has actually improved a lot since then. The UI has had changes, search is better, it has quote posts now. More usability enhancements are under active development.
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JoshTriplett • today at 12:07 AM
> search is better
Search is still awful, in part because a few people don't seem to want it. It needs substantial improvement.
Once "normies" have tried and moved away, I think it's too late. Unfortunately such services don't get a second chance.
It was probably hard enough to convince them to try once.