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Depends on what you consider successful. If the metric is raw numbers and impressions, HN is definitely the winner. If the metric is signal-to-noise for technic
by angersock 9y ago
Depends on what you consider successful. If the metric is raw numbers and impressions, HN is definitely the winner. If the metric is signal-to-noise for technical content, Lobsters is probably ahead. If the metric is user count, HN wins. If the metric is moderation transparency, Lobsters wins.
Just depends what you're looking for.
- tptacek 9y agoI spent some time on Lobsters and found the signal/noise content for technical stuff only marginally better than that of HN, and many of the same pathologies were evident, just at a lower volume (because the site sees overall a much lower volume of comments). Moreover, while the variance on technical badness on Lobsters is marginally lower, so is the variance on technical excellence. That, too, is a straightforward consequence of lower volume: the original authors of important software packages are more likely to comment on HN than on Lobsters. I like Lobsters a lot, and I like a lot about what they do differently than HN, but we shouldn't pretend that it's something it isn't.
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