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An interesting thing I noted recently: Lots of people around me read HN, but with a varying degree of depth. Some programmers skim over the coding articles, som
by shubhamjain 10y ago
An interesting thing I noted recently: Lots of people around me read HN, but with a varying degree of depth. Some programmers skim over the coding articles, some take interest in SaaS / marketing articles, and some only read science-related articles. And of course, everyone enjoys reading comments.
Although, discussion here can get awful technical but HN can cater to everyone's interest. Everything from 'why lawyering is an unsound career option' to 'why pugs are anatomical disasters' gets discussed. One of the many things I enjoy here is digging up old threads about obscure topics and I rarely get disappointed.
- godelski 10y agoHonestly it is the technicality of the comment section that keeps me. If I go somewhere like Reddit there isn't enough coherence between the subreddits and you deal with a wide range of expertise and skill level. There is also a lot of trolling. HN can serve as an echo chamber a little because it is more tech based but the skill level is above average and being aware of the echo chamber seems to be enough. So I'm often surprised at how many things I learn from the comments and the accuracy. As a counter example I've commented on other sites about basic topics that I work with and was significantly downvoted because someone that played KSP thought they knew more than someone who works in the industry that provided sources. That kind of thing doesn't seem to happen nearly as often here and I love how people frequently provide sources. As a scientist this makes HN a far superior community.