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What's going to kill Reddit? Numbers.
- tzs 15y agoI've been spending less time on Reddit and more on HN, for a variety of reasons. One of them is nicely illustrated by a comment I saw on Reddit today: I'm a law student, and I disagree completely. In one recent example (regarding whether or not it was possible for a parent to kidnap their own child) I kept citing links to statutes (federal and state), legal articles, etc. and kept getting down-voted and disagreed with. I feel like people here are way too eager to decide the law Is what they think it Should Be. I've noticed the same thing. It's discouraging to spend 20 or 30 minutes or more researching something to make sure you are accurate, and then have it down voted to oblivion because it disagrees with what the hive mind wishes were reality. On HN, well researched and presented comments tend to get voted up, even if they go against popular opinion.
- rick888 15y agoThis is mainly because of the type of people that use Reddit. If more of the masses were using HN, you would see the same thing.