Hacker News is my digital home – why I left X but stayed here

I discovered Hacker News about five years ago. At first — I didn’t get it. The UI felt weird. Clicking my profile would sometimes log me out. Nothing made sense. So I closed the tab and moved on.

But something brought me back. And with time, I realized:

HN is not about design. It’s about signal over noise.

I’ve tried posting on Twitter (or X, whatever it’s called now). The result? 12 views, no reactions, zero engagement. Just a void.

Hacker News is different. It’s like a quiet corner of the internet where people still think, not just react. Here, I shared my projects, joined discussions, and felt something real: No likes. No follower counts. Just humans and ideas.

I recently posted about a notes app I made in C with a GUI for Windows. Only 67 KB in size. Simple, fast, and it just works. And people here actually cared. They asked, they replied, they shared their views.

That’s rare online.

So I just wanted to say — thank you. Thanks to everyone who keeps HN alive. Thanks for the culture. For the sanity.

I hope Hacker News lives forever. Because if places like this disappear, we’ll lose something truly important.

(Also, I go by Ferki, in case you’ve seen my posts around)