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I doubt that “average HN user” is a useful concept. Average with respect to what? Submitting articles? Reading them? Commenting on them? Just like the topics
by tempodox 5y ago
I doubt that “average HN user” is a useful concept. Average with respect to what? Submitting articles? Reading them? Commenting on them? Just like the topics of posted articles, comment threads can have huge variations, ranging from (what I'd call) “absolute shit show” to “elucidating discussion”.
- onion2k 5y agoReading them? Not that.
- teekert 5y agoDefinitely not that :) But I guess one could say that the average HN user knows what Docker is and has at least some affinity with computers and technology in general. I guess "we" care less about the Kardashians etc. (I have to ddg if I wrote that correctly, a very average-HN-user thing to say, I always write it wrong and picture Gul Dukat as many average HN users probably do.) Perhaps I'm projecting, but that too is a typical average HN user thing to do. What HN users never do, is generalize.
- tempodox 5y ago> … picture Gul Dukat No way! Apart from being pronounced differently (Cardassian vs Kardashian), the creepiness of Gul Dukat is a professional achievement by Marc Alaimo, whereas the creepiness of the Kardashians is purely accidental and unintended.