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Ask HN: A stackexchange site vs. a subreddit, which do you prefer to use?

• dancemusic 9y ago
  I prefer a subreddit because stackexchange usually has too many silly rules that attract the "bureaucrats at heart". These people are more about malicious compliance and less about topic at hand.
• detaro 9y ago
  They serve fairly different purposes, so it highly depends. In general, I find reddit to meme/joke infested (a few subreddits moderate this out, but the vast majority doesn't or doesn't keep up), but it's obviously the more appropriate format for non-questions or questions requiring discussion. There is a lot to be said for a traditional forum.
• twobyfour 9y ago
  I prefer a newsgroup/Google Group over either of those.