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Hacker News has a great community, features informative discourse, and doesn't suffer from the ailments that you list (or suffers from them much less than Twitt

Hacker News has a great community, features informative discourse, and doesn't suffer from the ailments that you list (or suffers from them much less than Twitter). Therefore we should invite all Twitter users to join our healthy community. Everybody wins. Edit: I hoped it would be obvious, but the second sentence of this comment was supposed to be sarcastic.

verdverm 4y ago
HN is still viable because it hasn't reached the masses. The self policing works well currently, but I'm not sure it would with the general populace
- runarberg 4y ago
  HN is industry specific. It very much has reach the masses, but only within a specific trait. It functions more like a trade union’s social media. I actually don’t think the self policing here is working at all, rather the excellent moderation by dang is doing the bulk of the work, keeping HN amazing.
awb 4y ago
HN has a heavy moderation policy. Things like gossip and rants are removed. It works for a small, niche network, but not for a global one.
pjc50 4y ago
.. because it doesn't allow pictures, has aggressive downvotes, and a very careful moderator (dang) with the power to ban people. The problem is that dang doesn't scale.
- rsync 4y ago
  I think the absence of pictures and avatars is a very significant aspect of the HN success.
latexr 4y ago
> Therefore we should invite all Twitter users to join our healthy community. See the Eternal September as a cautionary tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
rr808 4y ago
How is HN viable? There is zero revenue only cost right?
- tough 4y ago
  If you go to the parent domain ycombinator, you can see they're doing pretty well on making profits with their investments. Of which most launched here with a Show HN
- fullshark 4y ago
  Message boards as PR + a recruitment feeder system for a larger organization seems viable.
kodah 4y ago
Every time something happens with one of the platforms we get an influx of refugees. Years ago it was Progressives, then more recently it's been more far right people. Each time theres a wave of bans and miserableness as people decide whether they want lifetime shadow bans or whether they want to conform to the culture and guidelines. They will come, but just know things get a bit miserable in the meantime.

verdverm 4y ago

HN is still viable because it hasn't reached the masses. The self policing works well currently, but I'm not sure it would with the general populace

runarberg 4y ago
HN is industry specific. It very much has reach the masses, but only within a specific trait. It functions more like a trade union’s social media. I actually don’t think the self policing here is working at all, rather the excellent moderation by dang is doing the bulk of the work, keeping HN amazing.

awb 4y ago

HN has a heavy moderation policy. Things like gossip and rants are removed. It works for a small, niche network, but not for a global one.

pjc50 4y ago

.. because it doesn't allow pictures, has aggressive downvotes, and a very careful moderator (dang) with the power to ban people. The problem is that dang doesn't scale.

rsync 4y ago
I think the absence of pictures and avatars is a very significant aspect of the HN success.

latexr 4y ago

> Therefore we should invite all Twitter users to join our healthy community. See the Eternal September as a cautionary tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

rr808 4y ago

How is HN viable? There is zero revenue only cost right?

tough 4y ago
If you go to the parent domain ycombinator, you can see they're doing pretty well on making profits with their investments. Of which most launched here with a Show HN
fullshark 4y ago
Message boards as PR + a recruitment feeder system for a larger organization seems viable.

kodah 4y ago

Every time something happens with one of the platforms we get an influx of refugees. Years ago it was Progressives, then more recently it's been more far right people. Each time theres a wave of bans and miserableness as people decide whether they want lifetime shadow bans or whether they want to conform to the culture and guidelines. They will come, but just know things get a bit miserable in the meantime.