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What do we really gain by Hacker News comments? What do we really gain by blog posts? I personally have learned a lot about technology from peoples' blog posts
by Buge 9y ago
What do we really gain by Hacker News comments?
What do we really gain by blog posts? I personally have learned a lot about technology from peoples' blog posts, and Stack Overflow posts. Maybe not as much from Hacker News posts, but I've still learned some. And by reading reddit posts such as stuff in /r/askreddit I've learned a lot about people with backgrounds quite different than mine, and I believe the ability to better empathize with them.
- kleer001 9y agoAll of your examples involve moderate to high self selection for thoughtfulness and have a culture of self-critique. Reddit has it historically and HN has it in daily practice. However, Facebook is nearly a wasteland of relatives and acquaintances yanked into the network, sometimes against their better judgement. Once their and fluent in the technical aspects they feel free to be themselves, not necessarily a thoughtful member of the network.