Ask HN: What is up with all the Wordle posts?

16 points by figassis 4y ago ↗ HN

It's like multiple times every day someone has some Wordle post or implementation. Why are they all making it to the top of the front page? To me it looks so much like spam posting and getting very annoying, what are your thoughts? Anything I'm missing?

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rvz 4y ago ↗

You are not missing anything. The copy-cats are typical spam and is not anything newsworthy, just like the Flappy Bird and the 2048 clone spam several years ago.

Just ignore it. The Wordle hypesquad clones will die out soon and find something else to be addicted to.

karmakaze 4y ago ↗

Thanks for saving me the trouble. Haven't played Wordle, really liked 2048, and Master Mind when I was kid.

throwaway81523 4y ago ↗

Wordle is the new fizzbuzz and everyone has to find their own take on it.

beardyw 4y ago ↗

Wordle seems to hit a sweet spot in terms of:

difficulty - not too much

interaction - uncomplicated, minimalist

design - pleasing without being distracting

advertising - none

social - shareable triumphs

technical - minimal network

burden - only one per day

peril - none

progress - private

A template for a success which is not obviously revenue generating

yoyopa 4y ago ↗

english language propaganda. people are getting worried that english will no longer be the major language of the world