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But not all conversations are "flame wars" , sometime you are having an interesting conversation/debate and you need a large amount of effort to remember to che
by simion314 6y ago
But not all conversations are "flame wars" , sometime you are having an interesting conversation/debate and you need a large amount of effort to remember to check for the replies and continue the thread.
I know that some HNers will say HN > Reddit but this is in general I know some subbreddits that are better then HN and if you use those is great to see when somebody responded to your quality comment with an other quality comment.
- saagarjha 6y agoI've been using this for about three years and had multiple times where people contacted me days after a comment–usually they're quite good.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoReddit is polite 4chan. HN is pun-free and witty quip-less Reddit. Humans are on average dumb pedantic jerks in internet comment sections everywhere. Some comment sections just have norms of conduct that do a better job masking it and making the people who can't mask it feel unwelcome. On HN we engage in mental gymnastics to avoid being wrong. On Reddit when people can't win they reply "yikes" or "who hurt you" and create an ad-hominum. On the chans they just call you a racial slur of some sort.
- simion314 6y agoReddit is not one place, there are subreddits, there are good ones with good moderation , but I do not participate in politics or heated topics. As an example you could compare r/starttrek vs r/DaystromInstitute , in the first you will find tons of low effort content and comments (memes, bad jokes,personal attacks, off topic stuff) int he second one only on topic and medium effor comments are allowed.