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The comments on that comment are the most childish things I've seen in a long time. (Side note: I can't believe people would think HN is turning into reddit, c

• endtime 16y ago
  I've been using reddit long enough to recognize warning signs. It used to be fine...then bad one-liners and left-wing conspiracies started getting voted up to the top, at first infrequently but more and more until 4chan comics on the front page became the norm and /r/politics became the mess it is today. I think when people say HN is becoming reddit, they mean the reddit of 2-3 years ago, not the reddit of today. At points, I've seen some of the same warning signs I saw on reddit. I was more worried about HN a few months ago than I am now, but every time I see a weak joke with 60 upvotes (maybe 5% of the jokes I've seen in HN comments are actually worth of upvotes) or someone's perfectly reasonable comment getting to -1 within 5 minutes in a vaguely political thread, it makes me a little nervous.
  • naner 16y ago
    Reddit is still quite good if you unsubscribe all of the front-page reddits and instead subscribe to a few niche subreddits on topics you care about.
    • bh42 16y ago
      reddit is tolerable if you unsubscribe from all popular reddits, especially the front page, and subscribe only to niche reddits with a small following. If any one of those sub-reddits gets too popular you move on, i.e. science->hard science.