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I gave up Facebook a decade ago and Twitter about four years ago (after being banned for calling Mitch McConnell an **hat.) Strangely, HN comments fill some of

I gave up Facebook a decade ago and Twitter about four years ago (after being banned for calling Mitch McConnell an **hat.) Strangely, HN comments fill some of that void. The troll to decent human ratio here is pretty decent, and I get references to several decent sites / blog posts / ideas per day. But I probably only spend 10-15 min per day on average here. With the rest of the time I recovered from quitting social media, I've been reading books. (I should also mention the last child left the house recently, so I have A LOT more spare time. I'll be damned if I spend it on twitter-like time sinks.)

loceng 4y ago
headsoup 4y ago
HN being focused on tech allows it to be somewhat like a streamlined forum section with clear and implemented moderation guidelines. Without any of the other fluff/crud. I.e, Facebook could work similarly if it was just private/public groups run by group admins/moderators. (except it kills their ad model) Twitter could work similarly if there was no pure 'public' thread and everything had to sit under a topic or group. (except it kills their ad model) - or it switches to having business/personal accounts, where business accounts can broadcast yet personal accounts must be in a group/topic or responding to a business post. In other other words, I think one big issue is the "I can post whatever to everyone any time" in no particular topic or group or category, and the money that chaos can bring.