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Curious but why do you qualify HN as semi social?
by adg29 7y ago
Curious but why do you qualify HN as semi social?
- myrandomcomment 7y agoAh, well I guess semi is the wrong word here? I guess I mean HN has a group of people in general that have a shared background. I would guess that a large % of people on HN have some sort of STEM background, which doesn’t match to the reddit community. I do not see many people on /r/the_donald with a STEM background arguing against climate change.
- mikekchar 7y agoNot OP, but personally I definitely view HN as a comment board that points to links as a way to drive discussion as opposed to a news site that allows comments. Probably not how it is normally described, but it's definitely how I use it.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAgreed. That's how I use it too.
- mjlee 7y agoThere's no real culture here of meta discussion or throwaway comments/in jokes like there is on more socially engaged platforms. The majority of discussion here is "on topic" - which is good but very different to Reddit or Slack communities which tend to revolve more around personalities.