Although I'm a programmer, I visit HN regularly because (frankly) the mean IQ here is higher than for most social media sites. I posted to Reddit for many year

Although I'm a programmer, I visit HN regularly because (frankly) the mean IQ here is higher than for most social media sites. I posted to Reddit for many years (https://www.reddit.com/user/lutusp/?sort=top https://www.reddit.com/user/lutusp/?sort=top) but IMHO Reddit is in the midst of a major meltdown with respect to content quality -- in my view it has attracted too many users of doubtful intellectual abilities. I find that HN has consistent high quality content, conveniently accessible, with an easy-to-use interface. > HN's primary audience is "hackers", which generally extends to the engineering types. I think that was once true, but a quick read of a given day's front page posts suggests a much wider audience, both among those who post articles and those who read.