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Yes, Reddit basically encourages flashy comments. But the rub with traditional message boards is, that they don't scale well. Some subreddits have many, many t
by TulliusCicero 6y ago
Yes, Reddit basically encourages flashy comments.
But the rub with traditional message boards is, that they don't scale well. Some subreddits have many, many thousands of active regular participants. It's hard for a single subforum to operate at that scale.
- starpilot 6y agoIsn't this the same as the algo-driven placement of HN stories and comments?
- TulliusCicero 6y agoTo a certain extent, yes, though my understanding is that HN's comment ranking algorithm is substantially different from Reddit's.
- gibspaulding 6y agoAlso, HN is more of a news feed than a forum, so it makes sense to favor newer posts over knowledge-base type threads. Makes me sort of want an HN forum though. Maybe limited to self posts and with a more chronological feed.