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Ask HN: Have you noticed a recent uptick in reddit-isms around here?
Have you noticed a recent uptick in reddit-isms polluting discussions on HN? I agree there has always been some amount of it, but lately I've found myself increasingly aware of and turned off by the perceived volume.
There have always been some, but they seem to be on the rise and make for boring reading. On the upside, I've been spending less time on HN lately as a result.
Things like:
- Low-effort jokes
- Russian doll style pattern-comment chains
- One or two word responses
- Comments comprised entirely of a meme
- Comment-farm factory posts that fall into "general advice"
e.g.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34588051 (chain)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34579175 (comment-farm)
There are probably additional categories I'm overlooking.
Is it only me noticing this, though? Does the HN population overall think this is all fine and business as usual?
- metadat 4y agoClickable links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34588051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34588051 (chain) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34579175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34579175 (comment-farm)
- slater 4y ago"Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- metadat 4y agoThis post wasn't a comment? Still, that's a technicality and sure, it's technically a rule violation. Thanks for helpfully pointing this out, slater. Just a question of (admittedly) questionable value. I've been around too many years to still be a nub. I know historically HN sets off all kinds of invalid pattern detections for me. Maybe this is another instance of such.
- frogulis 4y agoIs that linked post an example of a "Russian doll style pattern-comment chain"? Genuinely curious what you meant by that
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- phs318u 4y agoI tend to restrict my downvotes for comments that don't add anything to the discussion. e.g. unhelpful comments (such as "Just google it!"), attempts at humour, personal attacks etc. I don't know about "reddit-isms" per se, but I have seen the occasional "slashdot-isms". HN is neither Reddit nor Slashdot. Those forums still exist, and if that's your thing, go for it - over there.
- maximumcomfy 4y agoJust be glad it's not an imageboard or it would turn into 4chan
- millzlane 4y agoThis feels like a DAE thread from the early reddit days
- dalmo3 4y agoThis post is so meta /s, but not really