It&#x27;s pretty core to HN that everyone sees the same stuff (modulo &#x27;showdead&#x27; in profiles)—same front page, same comments. There&#x27;s no question that this brings many local annoyances, but it also has some global advantages. So we&#x27;re reluctant to change it.<p>We detached this subthread from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11073237" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11073237</a> and marked it off-topic.