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HN has a targeted audience, infinitely more professional, capable of intellectual discussion, it is not filled with trolls and insults or other unrelated nonsen
by notadoc 10y ago
HN has a targeted audience, infinitely more professional, capable of intellectual discussion, it is not filled with trolls and insults or other unrelated nonsensical banter, there is far less clickbait and trash online marketing spam, etc.
Reddit is basically generic internet comments but with a mob mentality, full of trolls and garbage links, the whole thing is reminiscent of a filthy public toilet that you wouldn't want to use. The early days weren't like that and maybe there are subreddits that are still not like that, but I find the whole experience distasteful.
- lotharbot 10y agoOf particular note on the "more professional" front -- many HN members are here because they're connected to a YC company in some way, and many others are here because they work in the industry and want to build connections with others also in the industry (but not linkedin-style connections; actual we-have-discussed-technical-topics connections). There are people here who have found work through the monthly Who's Hiring threads. The net result is that there's a strong professional ethos and strong incentive to maintain it from a lot of people in the community, such that the few who try to troll, post garbage, etc. tend to get voted down into oblivion and calmly told they don't belong.