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Ask HN: What distinguishes Hacker News culture?
- spectramax 6y agoNo jokes, shenanigans, memes, etc. except for extremely witty and situational humor. It’s refreshing.
- gus_massa 6y agoFrom https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html > The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: civil and substantial.
- smt88 6y agoThe mods seem to spend an enormous amount of time curating the posts and comments. This is an opinionated mod team, and that's what makes it work.