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Reddit is MUCH more of an echo chamber than HN. You will get downvoted on most subs if you say something that goes against that sub's majority opinion. Whereas
by kart23 5y ago
Reddit is MUCH more of an echo chamber than HN. You will get downvoted on most subs if you say something that goes against that sub's majority opinion. Whereas on HN, people will usually entertain a good-faith argument.
- bborud 5y agoHow do we tell if this is so?
- brodouevencode 5y agoAre you looking for actual quantification? Or are you looking for anecdotes, because simple observation will prove this out.
- bborud 5y agoI wouldn't be asking if I thought simple observation would do or if I were looking for anecdotes. "Simple observation proves it" isn't really an answer I can learn anything from.
- brodouevencode 5y agoOkay, fair, in which case you could probably run your own analysis from the reddit API and do your own work. AFAIK there's no one doing this (please chime in if you know!). Or you could take the approach here [1] and run your own experiment. I would love to know the result. Make sure you run it in some of the bigger subs: r/all, r/funny, r/politics, etc. providing multiple. even contradictory comments and posts just to see what happens. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352125
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- _dain_ 5y agoI post some fairly provocative/unpopular rightwing opinions sometimes, they're often downvoted but usually not to the point of non-visibility. sometimes they rebound and get a good 8-10 points. on reddit they'd be nuked within seconds by downvote brigaders or leftwing mods. HN is a much more open place, it's like night and day.
- bborud 5y agoBut is this due to HN having an audience that is more to the right on the political spectrum or more tolerant of diverse opinions? Is there a way we can figure out which is which? Actually, it would be interesting to have a sort of (anonymous) HN census to know a bit more about HN users.
- _dain_ 5y ago>an audience that is more to the right on the political spectrum maybe, but consider the sheer geography of it. a solid plurality of HN users hail from NYC and the bay area, two of the leftiest places in the anglosphere.
- brodouevencode 5y ago> more tolerant of diverse opinions This, but (no data to back this up) seemingly less so.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoIt has good rules and moderating practices and a core culture that values a scientific search for the truth to some meaningful degree such that if you follow the rules of engagement, it's far more acceptable here to have outlier opinions, for lack of a better expression. For the options you've given, I would say that makes it more tolerant of diverse opinions.
- s9w 5y ago