Maybe it depends on the topic. In the 3 years I've been reading HN I've observed a pretty steady increase in similarity to tech focused subreddits. Sometimes t

Maybe it depends on the topic. In the 3 years I've been reading HN I've observed a pretty steady increase in similarity to tech focused subreddits. Sometimes things are effectively "cross posted" on either site. There's nothing stopping anyone on reddit from posting on HN and vice versa. I am a random example of someone who discovered reddit before HN, but was drawn to HN for what I also perceived to be better "quality of conversations".