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Here we are trying to keep the level of discourse at Hacker News from descending to that of Reddit and you have to go and bring it down to the level of Slashdot
by mcherm 15y ago
Here we are trying to keep the level of discourse at Hacker News from descending to that of Reddit and you have to go and bring it down to the level of Slashdot.
(My apologies for feeding the troll.)
- guywithabike 15y agoIf you're going to apologize for feeding a troll, don't be a troll yourself. Hacker News is a community like any other -- Reddit, Slashdot, Ars Technica, or otherwise. Hacker News is not some elite race of enlightened beings engaging in superior forms of advanced discourse.
- _delirium 15y agoI like reading comments here, and still find that (recurring) view a bit offputting. I also like reading comments at Slashdot, though it does indeed have a different feel. Probably a lower S/N ratio, but also a broader range of knowledgeable people. I don't have any census data, but it feels like HN's expertise is highly concentrated in the software space, while a Slashdot story on an appropriate topic can elicit knowledgeable posts from ChemEs, MechEs, biologists, etc.
- hiss 15y agoHN is more like Digg of yore than Slashdot, but with a higher signal to noise ratio. However a large chunk of HN's readership are sheeple who lack life experience and will quote patio11 as if he's Nietzsche. EDIT: I like and admire Patrick, and there is no reason why anyone shouldn't.