Surround yourself with people smarter than you. I'm not that smart though... so it might not be a compliment... It's simply discussion around links, and isn't

Surround yourself with people smarter than you. I'm not that smart though... so it might not be a compliment... It's simply discussion around links, and isn't dominated by competitive people trying to get top comment like Reddit/Imgur is. There's much more emphasis on innovation and technology, rather than cat pictures. I think this rather serious and neutral nature of Hacker News is why I keep returning