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How about the software running HN?

• duskwuff 5y ago
  It does a great job on HN, but I don't think it would be a good fit for most communities. Too spartan.
  • 878654Tom 5y ago
    Reddit and HN also kill long-term discussions. When a submission is 1 day old, it dies. If you want to have a conversation about a timeless topic Reddit and HN are fairly bad. With forums you sometimes have threads of over 100 pages that started in 2015 or older where people are still talking about the same thing and newcomers can diagonally read through the pages and see the progress of something.
    • duskwuff 5y ago
      It doesn't even have to be a discussion, per se. One common fixture in old-school community forums are participation topics -- open-ended, low-effort topics like "what music are you listening to" or "what did you have for lunch today" that can give people a low-commitment way to be active in a community. Link-centered forums like HN or Reddit don't handle this well.