For starters, I generally don't (directly) visit other social media/news sites. Any links that make it to the top pages of HN is less likely to carry malware. I

For starters, I generally don't (directly) visit other social media/news sites. Any links that make it to the top pages of HN is less likely to carry malware. I do read some subreddits but they tend to have text-only submissions or images. On rare occasion uBlock Origin will flag a link. I'm also extra careful if I happen to be using a Windows machine which I typically only use for gaming.