Having 10K+ rep as well on StackOverflow, I thought this way for a time but more earlier on in my use of it. In looking back at the things that were deleted fro

Having 10K+ rep as well on StackOverflow, I thought this way for a time but more earlier on in my use of it. In looking back at the things that were deleted from my account or times I was down voted or things that were edited that I felt were just wrong, those were the ones where I was in a bad mood or not exactly nice or being silly or aloof in my comments etc. This is a similar experience in Hacker News except they don't delete your stuff, they just let it be clobbered unless you get banned. I can't say what is better overall but I would have to say they are both appropriate for their use case as I honestly love them both. IMO, the internet is a better place because of StackOverflow (and Hacker News).