I don't know if HN folks, on average, are grumpy and negative and mean. They might get feisty in a particular debate and there are a lot of sky-is-falling type

I don't know if HN folks, on average, are grumpy and negative and mean. They might get feisty in a particular debate and there are a lot of sky-is-falling type articles. However, I find Reddit straight-up mean. I rarely participate, and if I do, it's more around specific hobbies, real estate and stock type forums. From the mods all the way down, there's a certain take-ya-down-with-one-liners personality type that seems to just predominate. Similar to Twitter. I'm sure there are good subs, but I'm really curious what it is about Reddit that leads to toxicity on seemingly neutral topics. I always thought it was the young age, but honestly a lot of these people are adults and not teens (teens don't frequent real estate investment subs).