> TIL those boards are not just the raging dumpster fires of anarchy they get labeled as by us plain old normies I mean, they are, and I think it’s largely bec

> TIL those boards are not just the raging dumpster fires of anarchy they get labeled as by us plain old normies I mean, they are, and I think it’s largely because of how effective the model is at enabling conversations (further enhanced by anonymity-by-default and low moderation). Twitter and Facebook threads/users of similar taste are utterly crippled by comparison, because conversations are really just announcements + virtue signaling. Even HN trees are similarly limited — half the conversations are 1-1 with no interjection. You couldn’t have that kind of mess existing here even if you wanted to