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> I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content I found that at least for myself, this was just a lie I kept telling myself. HN

> I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content I found that at least for myself, this was just a lie I kept telling myself. HN contains almost zero actionable content, and I've not been an epsilon better off for reading it. I come to see it as infotainment.

rjh29 4y ago
Some HNers believe the site is superior to Reddit, if you compare it to the smaller and high quality subs, there isn't any difference.
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asddubs 4y ago
there's been a few times where I read something that I was really glad I found out about through here, and probably wouldn't have found out otherwise. But yeah, easily >99% of it is just passing time
VLM 4y ago
HN is great for discovery but 90%+ of the comments have declined to ChatGPT levels.
Bedon292 4y ago
For me the benefit is honestly just less content. There is only so much that makes it to the front page here and the lack of infinite scroll means I rarely see beyond it. It helps me waste a lot less time. But reddit was also a real problem for me. Way too many hours each day and I had to quit it.
antihero 4y ago
I’ve discovered a bunch of neat libraries and projects through it.
electrondood 4y ago
HN comments are less sarcastic, cynical, info-free than Reddit comments.
- jasonladuke0311 4y ago
  They can be, but not always. For example, any subject even tangentially related to Twitter or Musk summons a spate of low-brow, boilerplate comments.
eastbound 4y ago
HN was my MBA back in 2010-2013, that’s where I learnt how to create a working startup. There were blogs like Kalzumeus or Joel On Software, people were still debating technical or business issues about startups. Now it’s more a news aggregator. It’s my fault too, I don’t blog about the company I’ve created, and people can learn how to create proper startups in many places.
tracker1 4y ago
It varies... I'll often see mention of interesting/useful tools/sites/applications mentioned in more technical discussion. I don't always find these things immediately useful, but often even a year later if I can remember enough to search and find what I was looking for. Sometimes just knowing something exists in extremely useful.

rjh29 4y ago

Some HNers believe the site is superior to Reddit, if you compare it to the smaller and high quality subs, there isn't any difference.

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asddubs 4y ago

there's been a few times where I read something that I was really glad I found out about through here, and probably wouldn't have found out otherwise. But yeah, easily >99% of it is just passing time

VLM 4y ago

HN is great for discovery but 90%+ of the comments have declined to ChatGPT levels.

Bedon292 4y ago

For me the benefit is honestly just less content. There is only so much that makes it to the front page here and the lack of infinite scroll means I rarely see beyond it. It helps me waste a lot less time. But reddit was also a real problem for me. Way too many hours each day and I had to quit it.

antihero 4y ago

I’ve discovered a bunch of neat libraries and projects through it.

electrondood 4y ago

HN comments are less sarcastic, cynical, info-free than Reddit comments.

jasonladuke0311 4y ago
They can be, but not always. For example, any subject even tangentially related to Twitter or Musk summons a spate of low-brow, boilerplate comments.

eastbound 4y ago

HN was my MBA back in 2010-2013, that’s where I learnt how to create a working startup. There were blogs like Kalzumeus or Joel On Software, people were still debating technical or business issues about startups. Now it’s more a news aggregator. It’s my fault too, I don’t blog about the company I’ve created, and people can learn how to create proper startups in many places.

tracker1 4y ago

It varies... I'll often see mention of interesting/useful tools/sites/applications mentioned in more technical discussion. I don't always find these things immediately useful, but often even a year later if I can remember enough to search and find what I was looking for. Sometimes just knowing something exists in extremely useful.